`A Lot of Days I Drown'

Thanks to Brian Sholis for passing along this fine profile of Kay Ryan, written by Richard Halstead for the Marin Independent Journal. Ryan must be one of the smartest, funniest people around, and one of our best poets. Here she is on her writing method:

“I wrap myself up in chains, drop myself in a tank and have to figure out how to get out of the chains and get to the surface before I drown,” Ryan says. “And some days I drown, a lot of days I drown.”