Charles Simic steps aside

[novapsyche]

The American poetry community welcomes Kay Ryan as the new Poet Laureate.

Comments

[custardfairy.livejournal.com]

I'm very excited about this. :)

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I'm neutral, as I am not very familiar with Ms. Kay's work.

I'm kind of sad about Simic, as it seems he just was appointed to the position. His work is underestimated, IMO. He should have a wider readership than he does.