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Kay Ryan is next American poet laureate
Kay Ryan, an award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit" has been named the next American poet laureate, reports the Guardian.
The Library of Congress announced Thursday that the Californian whose compressed, metaphysical poetry has been compared to Emily Dickinson's, will succeed Charles Simic as the 16th poet laureate, starting in autumn. The appointment lasts for one year and comes with a $35,000 salary, plus $5,000 for travel and a "splendid office", according to Librarian of Congress James H Billington.
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