Here is the long-awaited first collection of essays by Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, Kay Ryan. This lovely book brings together thirty years of gorgeous prose on topics including aesthetics, poetry, and book reviews. Synthesizing Gravity includes Ryan's previously unpublished musings on poems and poets including Robert Frost, Stevie Smith, and Emily Dickinson. A book that will give you insight into the mind of a brilliant poet.