TWA Poet: Kay Ryan

1945 - 1979

Today is the birthday of the poet Kay Ryan, born in San Jose, California (1945). As a child, her family moved all around Southern California and the Mojave Desert area of Nevada. Her father drove a truck, worked as an oil driller, dug septic tanks, and tried mining for gold at one point. The family never had much money and Ryan said her worried mother “…