Ｏｕｔｓｉｄｅｒ ｗｉｔｈ Ｓｌｙ Ｓｔｙｌｅ， Ｎａｍｅｄ Ｐｏｅｔ Ｌａｕｒｅａｔｅ

When Kay Ryan was a student at the University of California， LosAngeles， the poetry club rejected her application; she wasperhaps too much of a loner， she recalls. Now Ms. Ryan is beinginducted into one of the most elite poetry clubs around. She has been namedthe country's poet laureate on July 17th， 2008.