New And Selected Poems

Michael Ryan is the author of three previous volumes of poetry. Threats Instead of Trees (1974) won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award and was a National Book Award Finalist. In Winter (1981) was a National Poetry Series selection. God Hunger (1990) was the winner of the prestigious Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Among his many honors and awards are the Whiting Writers' Award, two NEA fellowships, and a Guggenheim fellowship. He is also the author of the autobiography Secret Life, which was a New York Times Notable Book for 1994, and A Difficult Grace (2000), essays about poetry and writing. Ryan is a professor of English and creative writing at the University of California, Irvine, where he lives with his wife and four-year-old daughterRyan, Michael is the author of 'New And Selected Poems ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780618619412 and ISBN 0618619410.