Kay Ryan (2013 event)

Kay Ryan is widely regarded as one of America’s great living
poets. Her book The Best of It: New and Selected Poems won her
the Pulitzer Prize in 2011, and she was the US Poet Laureate from
2008-2010. However, despite the plaudits, Ryan is no creature of
the establishment: she once said ‘it’s poetry’s uselessness that
excites me.’ Both Ryan’s poetry and personality are on show in
this event, recorded live at the 2013 Edinburgh International
Book Festival. With Robyn Marsack, Director of the Scottish
Poetry Library.