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Pulitzer Prize 2011: Who are the winners in the arts?

5. Poetry: “The Best of It: New and Selected Poems,” by Kay Ryan

  • By Marjorie Kehe

Monitor poetry critic Elizabeth Lund once wrote in a profile of Kay Ryan, who was the 16th Poet Laureate of the United States from 2008 to 2010, that "[h]er poems – with their compact size and technical precision, their wit and sharp intelligence – have been praised by critics for their ability to do and say things that none of her contemporaries can match."

Finalists for this year's prize in poetry: “The Common Man,” by Maurice Manning and “Break the Glass,” by Jean Valentine.

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