Turtle (by Kay Ryan) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly2jM97yqbQ

Video courtesy of PoetryEverywherePTV

Kay Ryan reads her poem “Turtle” as part of the Poetry Everywhere project airing on public television — produced by David Grubin Productions and WGBH Boston, in association with the Poetry Foundation. This video is part of the WGBH Poetry Breaks series created by Leita Luchetti. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/poetryeverywhere/.

For more Kay Ryan, visit http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/kay-ryan or check out these titles:

   

The Poet’s View – Kay Ryan (including her Home to Roost)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFCP5dCfynI

Video courtesy of The Academy of American Poets.

In this excerpt from The Poet’s View, past U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan reads her poem “Home to Roost.”

The Poet’s View offers unprecedented access into the life and work of some of America’s finest poets. These films are warmly insightful portraits recorded in the personal setting of each poet’s home and at various locations. The Poet’s View offers an up-close invitation into the day-to-day life of the poet and an opportunity to hear poems read by the author.

The series was produced by the Academy of American Poets with generous assistance from the Wallace Stevens Fund. The director/producer was Mel Stuart, whose credits include the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and many critically acclaimed documentaries.

The full series is available on DVD, and includes portraits of John Ashbery, Louise Glück, Anthony Hecht, Kay Ryan, and W. S. Merwin.  Purchase the full DVD at: www.poets.org/dvd.

   

That Vase of Lilacs (by Kay Ryan) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BwjcLSE2zE

U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan reads “That Vase of Lilacs” during the Cleveland Public Library‘s Writers & Readers Series at the Louis Stokes Wing auditorium on Sunday 18 April 2010 in Cleveland, Ohio — amateur video by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis, posted for educational purposes only.  “That Vase of Lilacs” comes from Kay Ryan’s 2010 book The Best of It: New and Selected Poems (published by Grove Press).

For a schedule of upcoming Writers & Readers events hosted by the Cleveland Public Library, please visit http://writersandreaders.cpl.org.

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Miners’ Canaries (by Kay Ryan) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co4NEMgpeuc

U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan reads “Miners’ Canaries” during the Cleveland Public Library‘s Writers & Readers Series at the Louis Stokes Wing auditorium on Sunday 18 April 2010 in Cleveland, Ohio — amateur video by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis, posted for educational purposes only.  “Miners’ Canaries” comes from Kay Ryan’s 2010 book The Best of It: New and Selected Poems (published by Grove Press).

For a schedule of upcoming Writers & Readers events hosted by the Cleveland Public Library, please visit http://writersandreaders.cpl.org.

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So Different (by Kay Ryan) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TluXqMY1K-A

U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan reads “So Different” during the Cleveland Public Library‘s Writers & Readers Series at the Louis Stokes Wing auditorium on Sunday 18 April 2010 in Cleveland, Ohio — amateur video by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis, posted for educational purposes only.  “So Different” comes from Kay Ryan’s 2010 book The Best of It: New and Selected Poems (published by Grove Press).

For a schedule of upcoming Writers & Readers events hosted by the Cleveland Public Library, please visit http://writersandreaders.cpl.org.

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Is It Modest? (by Kay Ryan) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyRAL44CSNs

U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan reads “Is It Modest?” during the Cleveland Public Library‘s Writers & Readers Series at the Louis Stokes Wing auditorium on Sunday 18 April 2010 in Cleveland, Ohio — amateur video by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis, posted for educational purposes only.  “Is It Modest?” comes from Kay Ryan’s 2010 book The Best of It: New and Selected Poems (published by Grove Press).

Find the Cleveland Public Library online at http://www.cpl.org

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