Michael Ryan has published five books of poems, a collection of essays, an autobiography, and a memoir.  Five of the books were New York Times Notable Books of the year.  The autobiography was reviewed on the front page of the New York Times Book Review and the memoir was excerpted in The New Yorker.  His poetry has won many awards, including the Lenore Marshall Prize and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.  Guy Novel will be published in July.