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Cover of The Best of It: New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan
Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

The Best of It: New and Selected Poems

by Kay Ryan

Recorded edition: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 2011 · ISBN 9780802145215 · Edition source

Approximately 288 pages

Estimated reading time: 8–10 hours at 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate.

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2011 winner

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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