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Poems: A magical, compact, and oddly beautiful collection.
Say Uncle by Kay Ryan could be a good read for those who enjoy poetry that is witty, clever, and filled with hidden connections. Ryan’s poems are searching, detached, and beautifully composed. The poems in this collection interweave sound and sense in immaculate and interesting ways, leaving readers heartbroken and delighted at the same time.
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ISBN: 9780802137173
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $28.95
Authors:
Kay Ryan
Publisher: Grove Press
Date of Publication: 2000-09-30
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 564 readers)
Description
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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