In this recording from the 2010 Key West Literary Seminar, Kay Ryan reads 23 poems, all but one of which are included in her forthcoming <em>Selected Poems</em>. Beginning with the unpublished "A Cat," Ryan goes on to read "Her Politeness," and several poems from the 1994 Copper Beech Press collection <em>Flamingo Watching
U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan reads 23 poems from her fortchoming The Best of It: New & Selected Poems. --> Photo by Christina Koci Hernandez Kay Ryan is the current Poet Laureate of the United States. Her work has drawn...
Men with Jewfish, Key West, ca. 1935. From the Dale McDonald Collection, via the Monroe County Public Library on Flickr Today's haul from the deep: • Jewfish, Amberjack, or Black Drum? Carol Frost takes a look at Elizabeth Bishop's Key...
Purse seine boats fishing for menhaden. Photo by Robert K. Brigham, courtesy NOAA's Fisheries Collection. On our way to the sill of the world, we've been trolling. Here's what we're catching: • KWLS 28 will feature six past U.S. Poets...
<em>Clearing the sill of the world</em>, the 28th annual Key West Literary Seminar, will feature a cast of poets including seven past and present United States Poets Laureate. The office, appointed annually by the Librarian of Congress since 1937, exists to "raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry," and serve as "the nation's official lightning rod for the poetic impulse of Americans."
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