Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, compared her to the once-unknown recluse Emily Dickinson in his essay collection, "Disappearing Ink."In truth, Ryan's as much a part of the Establishment as her 15 predecessors in the honorary position. She published her first collection in 1983. What she lacks is a literary position in a university, teaching remedial English part time at a California college.
from Bob Hoover: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Poet laureate 'outsider' followed traditional path
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