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The Niagara River
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A mesmerizing collection from the US Poet Laureate whose work is "as intense and elliptical as [Emily] Dickinson, as buoyant and rueful as [Robert] Frost" (J. D. McClatchy, American Poet ). In granting the prestigious Ruth Lilly Prize to Kay Ryan, Poetry magazine editor Christian Wiman wrote that "[she] can take any subject and make it her own. Her poemsâwhich combine extreme concision and formal expertise with broad subjects and deep feelingâcould never be mistaken for anyone else's. Her work has the kind of singularity and sustained integrity that are very, very rare." Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Kay Ryan's poems are "FabergĂŠ eggs, tiny, ingenious devices that inevitably conceal some hidden wonder." The Niagara River is full of such hidden gems. Bafflingly effective, the poems in this collection seem too brief and blithe to pack so much wallop. Their singular music makes it clear why her poetry has been featured everywhere from the Sunday funnies to New York subways to plaques at the zoo to the pages of The New Yorker and The Paris Review ( Salon ). "Empathic and wryly unforgiving of the human condition, the poems [in The Niagara River ] are equal parts pith and punch. The effect is bracing." â Publishers Weekly
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CONTENTS
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- THE NIAGARA RIVER
- HOME TO ROOST
- CARRYING A LADDER
- SHARKSâ TEETH
- FELIX CROW
- WEAK FORCES
- THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
- A BALL ROLLS ON A POINT
- THE BEST OF IT
- CHINESE FOOT CHART
- SHIPWRECK
- THE OTHER SHOE
- ATLAS
- HE LIT A FIRE WITH ICICLES
- RATSâ TAILS
- ADDED SIGNIFICANCE
- CHOP
- DESERT RESERVOIRS
- HAILSTORM
- EXPECTATIONS
- GREEN HILLS
- RUBBING LAMPS
- TENDERNESS AND ROT
- TAR BABIES
- TIRED BLOOD
- THEFT
- IDEAL AUDIENCE
- CAPS
- THIN
- STARDUST
- REPULSIVE THEORY
- BLUE CHINA DOORKNOB
- SALVAGE
- ALMOST WITHOUT SURFACE
- THE LIGHT OF INTERIORS
- THINGS SHOULDNâT BE SO HARD
- THE PAST
- REVERSE DRAMA
- FAKE SPOTS
- LEGERDEMAIN
- HOUDINI
- HIDE AND SEEK
- LEAST ACTION
- PITCHER
- POST-CONSTRUCTION
- CHART
- NOTHING GETTING PAST
- THE MATERIAL
- THE SELF IS NOT PORTABLE
- ON THE DIFFICULTY OF DRAWING ONESELF UP
- DUCK
- LAST CHANCE
- NO NAMES
- STILL LIFE, WITH HER THINGS
- THE WELL OR THE CUP
- CHARMS
- ABSENCES AND BREAKS
- LIGHTHOUSE KEEPING
- LATENTS
- TUNE
- LATE JUSTICE
- BACKWARD MIRACLE
- THIEVES
- GREEN BEHIND THE EARS