Declan Ryan

Declan Ryan’s debut pamphlet was published in the Faber New Poets series in 2014.

Collapsing Time: On John Fuller’s “Asleep and Awake”

Declan Ryan is enchanted by “Asleep and Awake,” a collection of poetry by John Fuller....

POETRY

Summoned to the Stand: On Erica McAlpine’s “The Poet’s Mistake”

Declan Ryan vets “The Poet’s Mistake” by Erica McAlpine....

LITERARY CRITICISM

POETRY

On Derek Mahon

Declan Ryan celebrates the great Irish poet Derek Mahon, who passed away in October of this year....

POETRY

“To Hell with Neatnesses”: On Eley Williams’s “The Liar’s Dictionary”

FICTION

Like Standing Stones: On Vona Groarke’s “Double Negative”

POETRY

“To Wish and Pray for More”: On Elizabeth Cook’s “Lux”

FICTION

Holding It Together: On Tony Hoagland’s “The Art of Voice”

POETRY

“We Go On”: On the Poetry of Hugo Williams

POETRY

Willed Resilience: On Andrew Motion and Christopher Reid

POETRY

The News Upsets Walter: On André Naffis-Sahely’s “The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life”

AROUND THE WORLD

POETRY

“Whatever Was Left of That Other Life”: On Adam O’Riordan’s “A Herring Famine” and “The Burning Ground: Stories”

FICTION

POETRY