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- Publisher
- Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
- Length
- ≈ 288 pages
- Reading time
- 8–10 hours
- ISBN
- 9780802145215
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What is this book about?
The Best of It gathers 200 poems by Kay Ryan. It combines new work with poems chosen from four earlier collections: Flamingo Watching, Elephant Rocks, Say Uncle and The Niagara River. The book is dedicated to Ryan’s late wife, Carol Adair.
Source: The Best of It
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