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Say Uncle: Poems (Grove Press Poetry Series) by Kay Ryan is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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“A poetry collection that marries wit and wisdom more brilliantly than any I know” by the Pulitzer Prize–winning former US Poet Laureate (Jane Hirshfield, author of Come, Thief).   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 internationally acclaimed poet and writer Dana Gioia, “take the shape of an idea clarifying itself.”   “The first thing you notice about her poems is an elbow-to-the-ribs playfulness.” —San Francisco Chronicle   “The short lines and quick images—almost snapshots—are elemental. Ryan puts them together, then pulls them apart, and twists them in playful fashion, as though she were an alchemist with a modern experimental attitude . . . Truly short-line, one-stanza (for the most part) wonders: full-brained poems in a largely half-brained world.” —Kirkus Reviews   “Witty, charm

Who reads Say Uncle: Poems (Grove Press Poetry Series)?

Author

Kay Ryan

Publisher

Grove Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802137173

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities

Rating

4.7 / 5 (25 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14