Talk:Kay Ryan

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[edit] Missing information in this article

If you happen to know the following, please add the information to this article.

1. In which year did Ryan receive the Maurice English award, and for which of her volumes? Needed to be after 1995.

2. For which poem did she receive the Union League Award in 2000?

[edit] Ryan as essayist/reviewer

The article should include some indication of Ryan's published work as a reviewer and essayist. She reviewed Marianne Moore's letters, which tends to support the affinity noted by some of the reviewers of Ryan's poetry. She's published a number of essays in Poetry. There's a useful collection of web links at the Poem Hunter website.EAS 12:21, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Additional links about Ryan's poetry

Here are some links taken from the Gale "Contemporary Authors Online" article on Ryan. Many of these are not available without subscription or a charge.

BOOKS

Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, Poets & Writers (New York, NY), 1997-98.

PERIODICALS

Antioch Review, fall, 1996, Daniel McGuiness, review of Elephant Rocks, p. 496.
Atlantic Monthly, October, 2000, Peter Davison, review of Say Uncle, p. 136.
Booklist, April 1, 1996, Elizabeth Millard, review of Elephant Rocks, p. 1340.
Choice, December, 1985, R. Whitman, review of Strangely Marked Metal, p. 606.
Entertainment Weekly, June 29, 2001, "Books: The It List," p. 90.
Georgia Review, fall, 2000, Paul Lake, review of Say Uncle, p. 584.
Library Journal, August, 1994, Christine Stenstrom, review of Flamingo Watching, p. 91; February 1, 2001, Ann K. van Buren, review of Say Uncle, p. 100.
New Yorker, December 16, 1996, Benoit van Innis, review of Elephant Rocks, p. 108.
Poetry, May, 1997, Andrew Frisardi, review of Elephant Rocks, p. 101; May, 2001, David Yezzi, review of Say Uncle, p. 103.
Publishers Weekly, March 18, 1996, review of Elephant Rocks, p. 67; July 24, 2000, review of Say Uncle, p. 82.
Yale Review, July, 1995, George Bradley, review of Flamingo Watching, p. 170; April, 2001, Rachel Hadas, review of Say Uncle, p. 170.

OTHER

Salon.com, http:// www.salonmag.com/ (September 15, 2001).
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Easchiff (talkcontribs) 03:54, 14 January 2007 (UTC).