Current Poet Laureate Pays a Visit
Dodie O'Keefe
Issue date: 2/5/10 Section: Life & Times
During the question and answer portion of the night, Kay received both insightful and comedic questions that she tried her best to answer. The first question asked Kay who she would choose if she could be anyone else. She responded that she would like to be Ben Catcher, a cartoonist. She then explained that when she was young, she read a lot of comic books and was often involved in trading them. A more difficult question asked Kay how much rejection she received before acceptance. Kay explained that her work was almost exclusively rejected for about 20 years. She provided an analogy relating her work to monopoly, in that mediocre magazines accepted it at first, but she had to ascend the latter of hierarchy slowly. Lastly, Kay was asked if she found herself to be coming or going.
In response to the somewhat ambiguous question, Kay replied that she was "going." You may assess her answer in your own way. For those of you who were unable to attend Kay Ryan's visit, do not fret, for Andre G. Dubus will be on campus February 4, and Barry Lopez will finish off the Winter with the Writers season on February 11.
In response to the somewhat ambiguous question, Kay replied that she was "going." You may assess her answer in your own way. For those of you who were unable to attend Kay Ryan's visit, do not fret, for Andre G. Dubus will be on campus February 4, and Barry Lopez will finish off the Winter with the Writers season on February 11.
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