Declan Ryan

Declan Ryan’s first collection, Crisis Actor, will be published by Faber & Faber in 2023.

Articles

A Down-and-Out but Amusing Character: On Alex Harvey’s “Song Noir”
Dec Ryan reviews Alex Harvey’s “Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles.”...
Declan RyanDec 9, 2022
Feeling Versus Argument: On Tom Conaghan’s “Reverse Engineering”
Declan Ryan reviews Tom Conaghan’s anthology of stories and author interviews, “Reverse Engineering.”...
Declan RyanJul 12, 2022
- Fiction
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....
Declan RyanMay 6, 2022
- Poetry
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....
Declan RyanNov 11, 2021
- Biography
- Poetry
Collapsing Time: On John Fuller’s “Asleep and Awake”
Declan Ryan is enchanted by “Asleep and Awake,” a collection of poetry by John Fuller....
Declan RyanApr 11, 2021
- Poetry
Summoned to the Stand: On Erica McAlpine’s “The Poet’s Mistake”
Declan Ryan vets “The Poet’s Mistake” by Erica McAlpine....
Declan RyanFeb 24, 2021
- Poetry
On Derek Mahon
Declan Ryan celebrates the great Irish poet Derek Mahon, who passed away in October of this year....
Declan RyanDec 5, 2020
- Poetry
“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....
Declan RyanOct 18, 2020
- Fiction
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....
Declan RyanAug 16, 2020
- Poetry
“To Wish and Pray for More”: On Elizabeth Cook’s “Lux”
Declan Ryan wings his way through “Lux” by Elizabeth Cook....
Declan RyanFeb 4, 2020
- Fiction
Holding It Together: On Tony Hoagland’s “The Art of Voice”
Declan Ryan considers “The Art of Voice” by Tony Hoagland....
Declan RyanAug 25, 2019
- Poetry
“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....
Declan RyanNov 23, 2018
- Poetry