Say Uncle: Poems

Ryan, Kay

ISBN 10: 0802137172 / ISBN 13: 9780802137173

Published by Grove Press, 2000

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Synopsis:

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.

Synopsis: A new anthology of poetry by the award-winning author of Dragon Acts to Dragon Ends and Flamingo Watching presents an array of mgical, unpredictable, and lyrical works that explores the hidden connections of ordinary events and objects. Original.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Say Uncle: Poems
Publisher: Grove Press
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good