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...

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.

Author: Kay Ryan
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 08/10/2000
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780802137173


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/24/2000 pg. 82
Atlantic Monthly 10/01/2000 pg. 137
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2000 pg. 1398
Library Journal 02/01/2001 pg. 100