Declan Ryan’s first collection, Crisis Actor, will be published by Faber & Faber in 2023.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Feeling Versus Argument: On Tom Conaghan’s “Reverse Engineering”
Declan Ryan reviews Tom Conaghan’s anthology of stories and author interviews, “Reverse Engineering.”...
Like Standing Stones: On Sam Buchan-Watts’s “Path Through Wood” and Henri Cole’s “Blizzard”
Declan Ryan finds new tenderness and defiance in recent collections by Sam Buchan-Watts and Henri Cole....
A Solo on the Pipe: On Julia Copus’s “This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew”
Declan Ryan gleans new insights on poet Charlotte Mew from “This Rare Spirit,” a biography by Julia Copus....
Collapsing Time: On John Fuller’s “Asleep and Awake”
Declan Ryan is enchanted by “Asleep and Awake,” a collection of poetry by John Fuller....
Summoned to the Stand: On Erica McAlpine’s “The Poet’s Mistake”
Declan Ryan vets “The Poet’s Mistake” by Erica McAlpine....
On Derek Mahon
Declan Ryan celebrates the great Irish poet Derek Mahon, who passed away in October of this year....
“To Hell with Neatnesses”: On Eley Williams’s “The Liar’s Dictionary”
Declan Ryan is truly impressed by “The Liar’s Dictionary,” a debut novel by Eley Williams....
Like Standing Stones: On Vona Groarke’s “Double Negative”
Declan Ryan offers a positive take on “Double Negative,” the latest collection of poems by Vona Groarke....
“To Wish and Pray for More”: On Elizabeth Cook’s “Lux”
Declan Ryan wings his way through “Lux” by Elizabeth Cook....
Holding It Together: On Tony Hoagland’s “The Art of Voice”
Declan Ryan considers “The Art of Voice” by Tony Hoagland....
“We Go On”: On the Poetry of Hugo Williams
Declan Ryan appreciates the “emotional endurance and arrested constancy” of Hugo Williams, whose first book of poems appeared in 1965....
Willed Resilience: On Andrew Motion and Christopher Reid
Declan Ryan reviews “Coming in to Land: Selected Poems 1975-2015” by Andrew Motion and “A Scattering and Anniversary” by Christopher Reid....
The News Upsets Walter: On André Naffis-Sahely’s “The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life”
Declan Ryan appreciates “The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life,” the debut collection by André Naffis-Sahely....
“Whatever Was Left of That Other Life”: On Adam O’Riordan’s “A Herring Famine” and “The Burning Ground: Stories”
Declan Ryan reviews two collections — one of poems, the other of stories — by Adam O’Riordan....
