For Time Magazine’s blog, Sarah Fay interviewed laureates former, recent, and new to get a handle on what Kay Ryan’s life will be like as US Poet Laureate.
America’s Busiest Poet
by Sarah Fay
(Wednesday, July 23, 2008)
Kay Ryan is named Poet Laureate of the United States.
photo credit: Jennifer Loring / Library of Congress / AP
When the Library of Congress announced Kay Ryan as its pick for 16th Poet Laureate Consultant last week, the poetry community went all atwitter. Mention the title "poet laureate" outside the poetry community and you’ll find it has an appeal that’s, well, poetic. But even cognoscenti who can rattle off the rhyme scheme of a sonnet in their sleep might be hard pressed to answer the question: what exactly does the poet laureate do?
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