Kay Ryan Named New Poet Laureate
Kay Ryan was named the new Poet Laureate of the United States this week, and I'm sure there's some conservatives in DC who are just chomping at the bit that a lesbian has the big honor. You go, girl! I had the pleasure of meeting Ryan and hearing her read a couple of years ago at the Austin International Poetry Festival. Her reading at the closing event was the highlight of the evening for me. I was reading other folks' blogs this evening and C. Dale had posted a link to a story in the San Francisco Chronicle about Ryan's reaction to getting the job.
"I thought, oh my God, this can mean only one thing," Ryan said, "and the blood ran out of my head."
The next day was a busy one, because she and Adair were scheduled to be remarried, having married the first time in 2004 at City Hall in San Francisco. "We'll have to get the rings re-engraved with the new date," she said.
Ryan learned about the honor Monday, when she and her partner of 30 years, Carol Adair, arrived home from the Aspen Ideas Festival to find a phone message from Billington.
The next day was a busy one, because she and Adair were scheduled to be remarried, having married the first time in 2004 at City Hall in San Francisco. "We'll have to get the rings re-engraved with the new date," she said.
I adore Kay Ryan!
Comments
How lovely that she and her partner are getting married, albeit again!
(i say as I emerge out from under my rock)
Robin Kemp