Welcome to c.d.r. Actress a season of Top 7 on stage conversations recorded before in the audience at the Norse theater and San Francisco s Performing Arts Center I m in the hunt Joining me now in hearing some of the most celebrated risers artists and thinkers. Our guests up poets Kay Ryan and at 0 Riley a former United States poet laureate Kay Ryan writes poems that are deceptively ironic humorous as they attempt to unravel the complexities of life. Unpretentious titles include say Uncle erratic facts Flamengo watching and the best of it. She has been awarded with the Pulitzer Prize a mock author a fellowship and a National Medal of the humanities presented to her by President Barack Obama. Ryan is joined by at 0 Reilly friend and fellow poet known for his ability to blend lyric and narrative modes in his work including Romney s order set in his native South Carolina. Wright is honors include the pushcart prize and poetry magazine s would prize. The 2 poets came to the North Sea It h