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Declan Ryan was born in Mayo, Ireland, and lives in London. A pamphlet of his poems was published in the Faber New Poets series in 2014. He co-edits the Days of Roses anthology series and is the poetry editor at Ambit.
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This article appears in the 23 Sep 2015 issue of the New Statesman, Revenge of the Left