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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780802137173
ISBN: 0802137172
Label: Grove Press
Manufacturer: Grove Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 80
Publication Date: September 30, 2000
Publisher: Grove Press
Sales Rank: 221717
Studio: Grove Press
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Filled with wry logic and a magical, unpredictable musicality, Kay Ryan's poems continue to generate excitement with their frequent appearances in The New Yorker and other leading periodicals. Say Uncle, Ryan's fifth collection, is filled with the same hidden connections, the same slyness and almost gleeful detachment that has delighted readers of her earlier books. Compact, searching, and oddly beautiful, these poems, in the words of Dana Gioia, 'take the shape of an idea clarifying itself.' 'A poetry collection that marries wit and wisdom more brilliantly than any I know.... Poetry as statement and aphorism is rarely heartbreaking, but reading these poems I find myself continually ambushed by a fundamental sorrow, one that hides behind a surface that interweaves sound and sense in immaculately interesting ways.' -- Jane Hirshfield, Common Boundary; 'The first thing you notice about her poems is an elbow-to-the-ribs playfulness.' -- Patricia Holt, San Francisco Chronicle.
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Rating:  - A Poet of the Elements
Kay Ryan always speaks in a clear voice. With the acuity that I recall from a young soul gazing through creekwater at all the life that flows and hides under rocks.
Rating: - Best
This is Kay Ryan's best collection. If you added The Niagara River (the poem itself) to this collection, it would be complete beyond belief.
Rating: - Outstanding collection...
This was the first book of Kay Ryan's poetry I ever read, and I couldn't put it down... and even once finished, I'm still picking it up to read over and soak up again.
Rating: - Ryan's best to date.
Between the subtle rhyme, brevity, and insight, this is by far my favorite of Kay Ryan's books. Blandeur (included in this volume) has been included in literature textbooks already. This is definitely a book to own (especially at under $10), read, and re-read. Great for killing time between class, elevators, busrides, car rides, flights... So yeah, buy it, and even if it's not your cup of tea, it's still less than a meal at Denny's (with tip at least.)
Rating: - "uncle!"
lyrics of moral turpitude and musical agility (the brief lines of Kay Ryan maintain their integrity), and therein lies their beauty.
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