Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan Omikemi Natacha Bryan Brown’s poetic concerns are both

Brown’s poetic concerns are both broad and intimate

can we get off the script and see clearly

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and in doing so alerts us to the flimsiness of the conceits of home

Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan Omikemi Natacha Bryan Brown’s poetic concerns are both'Elegant and heartaching, these poems illuminate the sorrows of life with a bright flame, returning us to that miraculous human capacity for love and faith even in our darkest days.' Liz Berry'Declan Ryan reveals himself a master of both the telling detail and of narrative suspense. Each exquisitely orchestrated vignette delivers a punch worthy of the heroes of the ring here commemorated.' Mark FordCrisis Actor chronicles various failures and