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| Say Uncle: Poems | 
 enlarge | Author: Kay Ryan
Publisher: Grove Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 27939
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 80
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 0802137172
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780802137173
ASIN: 0802137172
Publication Date: September 30, 2000
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Product Description
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.
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 Best January 4, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is Kay Ryan's best collection. If you added The Niagara River (the poem itself) to this collection, it would be complete beyond belief.
Outstanding collection... February 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was the first book of Kay Ryan's poetry I ever read, and I couldn't put it down... and even once finished, I'm still picking it up to read over and soak up again.
Ryan's best to date. November 25, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Between the subtle rhyme, brevity, and insight, this is by far my favorite of Kay Ryan's books. Blandeur (included in this volume) has been included in literature textbooks already. This is definitely a book to own (especially at under $10), read, and re-read. Great for killing time between class, elevators, busrides, car rides, flights... So yeah, buy it, and even if it's not your cup of tea, it's still less than a meal at Denny's (with tip at least.)
"uncle!" June 8, 2004
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
lyrics of moral turpitude and musical agility (the brief lines of Kay Ryan maintain their integrity), and therein lies their beauty.
 Not blown away August 4, 2003
7 out of 18 found this review helpful
I bought this book after reading two 5 star reviews. I am amazed that we read the same book. These poems are cute and witty, sometimes provocative (e.g. "Herring" and "Failure 2") but they never left me breathless. Perhaps my standards are too high. Kay Ryan's gift is her ability to write tight short poems that always contain subtle rhyme schemes. However, she rarely has anything important to say and her poems have no emotional power. Again, perhaps my standards are too high. Or maybe I have just been spoiled by the works of poets like Lucille Clifton and Joy Harjo. I recommend this book for large libraries only. If you looking for poetry that is fresh, emotional powerful, and relevant to the everyday world that we live in, try anything by Clifton, Harjo, E. Ethelbert Miller and Diane Lockward.
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