Known for compact writing and for leading a quiet life, Kay Ryan has taken on a very public role as the nation's poet laureate. For more than 30 years, she has taught remedial English in Marin County, ...

It’s heartening when good things happen to good poets. The announcement today that Kay Ryan will become the next U. S. Poet Laureate almost restores one’s faith in the literary world–in which, so ...

Kay Ryan, the former U.S. Poet Laureate, will add to her list of honors when she receives the National Humanities Medal this afternoon. The ceremony, in which President Obama will present National ...

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NEW YORK — Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will be the nation's 16th poet laureate. The Library of Congress announced today that the lifelong ...

In an anxious age, what’s the best place to look for consolation? I’d say “Look to the poets,” but not the writers who are typically offered up with inspiration in mind—Longfellow, Tennyson, Kipling ...