“Ryan’s tight, crisp writing makes the subject matter fascinating . . . The collection reveals many of the mind’s tricks and quirks, such as finding comfort in limitation, not taking action right away, and believing the illusion that things that stay in place are secure or firmly planted . . . she also concludes that love is important and that light can dispel some darkness.” —Christian Science Monitor

“It is revitalizing to read Ryan’s succinct poems—word columns build like cairns on the otherwise blank and silent wilderness of the page—and experience the precisely walloping impact of her uncommon observations, philosophical realizations, and significant wit. Read a poem once and take in its crisp rhythms, subtle rhymes, and arresting images. Read it again and detect its hide-and-seek metaphors and meanings. . . . [Ryan’s] quantum poems pose resonant questions of physics and metaphysics, of attentiveness and caring on scales intimate and universal.” —Booklist

“Ryan teases out thoughts with shifting rhyme schemes as her poems display their alluring logic and peculiar practicality . . . each instance Ryan captures and examines reveals the darkness beneath its charming veneer . . . readers make new discoveries and then discover what’s been lost.” —Publishers Weekly

“A metaphor here, a colloquialism turned on its ear there—[these poems] do what poetry does so well: make us see our world a little differently, force us to think. . . . Erratic Facts reflects a great poet still standing on her peak. The wise, frisky and concise poems . . . reinforce her already stellar reputation.” —Shelf Awareness