A Day Like This

I am beyond thrilled to announce the publication of my poetry collection A Day Like This.
A printed edition of A Day Like This is now available through the Kelsay Bookstore or
Amazon. For those who prefer an expedited (and more budget-friendly) version, the ebook
will be ready in just a few days and I will make another announcement then. Ratings and
comments, however brief, are deeply appreciated. https://tinyurl.com/27w32z27

“In the title poem of Jean Ryan’s luminous new collection, her speaker sees swallows
slicing the air, observing, ‘Short dark arrows, they never miss, their flight too swift
for error.’ I can’t think of a more apt description for A Day Like This, in which poem
after poem so vivdly penetrates to the core of lived experience. Ryan’s poems have an
ease of movement and transparency of structure I find most enviable. She has a special
gift for finding what remains fresh and particular inside the ancient stuff of poetry.
This is a gorgeous book, powerful and assured, written by a poet who is elegant, concise,
honest, and warmhearted in her approach. I can’t recommend it enough. A quietly masterful
work.”
Erin Belieu, author of Slant Six, Black Box, Come-Hither Honeycomb, and One Above and One Below.