Billy Collins and Kay Ryan: Poets Laureate at UCLA's Royce Hall
Royce Hall at UCLA (340 Royce Drive Los Angeles, CA 90095)
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The last date listed for Poets Laureate Billy Collins and Kay Ryan was Saturday April 23, 2011 / 8:00pm.
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Bad coffee
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Onceler on Other
The Royce is a great venue for top quality guests: a less well known gem of a program
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A little maze like to find, but well marked and convenient
5 Goldstar Member Reviews
Onceler
Wonderful, and very interesting. Personally, I thought both poets were easy to hear and understand. I actually think the sonic qualities of Kay's peoms made them more appropriate in speaking voice than Billy's. I love Billy, but when I read his stuff I take on the persona of the protagonist (which I think is expected in his work), so having him reading was interesting, but - different. Kay's work is rich with structure and rhyme, and having her add phrasing and pace to it made it amazing. I'd say they were both wonderful, just different, and in being different, each added a nice reflection on the other (which, I think, was also intended and highlighted by the conversational format). I wish I could see it again.Written on Apr 25 2011
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Goldstar Member
Better than expected. Glad we went. Billy Collins was terrific; a comedian in verse. And the obvious rapport and mutual appreciation was a pleasure. But Kay Ryan was hard to hear/understand during their conversations because she spoke to Billy, not the audience and her poems are so dense and brief they need to be read and thought about, and don't work so well being read aloud.Written on Apr 25 2011
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Bernard Nisenholz
Most of the banter was interesting, but it went on too long. I couldn't hear Kay Ryan well so I lost much of what she read and had to say. It would have been nice to have the poem projected on a screen as it was being read.Written on Apr 25 2011
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Goldstar Member
Delightful evening. They were engaging and humorous. A real treat to see two of the best living poets.Written on Apr 26 2011
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More Information About Poets Laureate Billy Collins and Kay Ryan
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Description
Two former U.S. Poets Laureate, Billy Collins and Kay Ryan, bring a lyrical feast to UCLA Live as they fill Royce Hall with humor and insight into the human condition through award-winning poetry.
Collins, winner of the 2004 inaugural Mark Twain Prize for Humor in Poetry, served as America’s Poet Laureate from 2001-2003. Beloved for his ironic style, Collins is one of the top-selling modern poets and author of nine collections including Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning and The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems.
California native and UCLA alumna Kay Ryan is revered for her complex and rueful style. Her work includes The Jam Jar Lifeboat & Other Novelties Exposed, a delightful collection inspired by stories from Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, as well as Flamingo Watching, which was a finalist for both the Lamont Poetry Selection and the Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2004, Ryan was awarded The Ruth Lilly Prize—the Poetry Foundation’s highest honor.
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