{"product_id":"9781035054671-after-party","title":"After Party","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beguiling and brilliant debut poetry collection from one of Ireland's rising generation poets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Poetry Book Society Recommendation\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times, Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Pigott Poetry Prize in association with Listowel Writers’ Week\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Farmgate Café National Poetry Award 2026\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDean Browne arrives at the \u003ci\u003eAfter Party\u003c\/i\u003e with the maturity and style of an altogether more seasoned poet. In a debut collection of standout and stand-alone poems, each tests the boundaries of its unique universe. Browne is a mesmeric teller of strange tales, imaginings that can seem origamically contained within the compressed dimensions of a poem. A leg sets off on a long train journey; a Parisian alley cat is launched into space; earthbound lovers attempt to connect while their inner lives prove unbridgeable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLosses are mourned: two poets elegized here – Charles Simic and the late Donegal poet Matthew Sweeney – might offer a fingerpost of sensibilities, though Browne’s significant talent is distinctly his own. \u003ci\u003eAfter Party\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a beguiling, resonant new voice, a raised eyebrow and fidelity to the image – sometimes carried along the tightrope much further than seems possible. In poems that are both death-haunted and youthful, and thrumming with a delicious dark humour, Dean Browne brings a much-needed injection of the surreal – or the surreal-ish as he might prefer to say – to Ireland’s rising generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wildly expressive and exuberant, throwing out phrases and ideas almost recklessly. \u003ci\u003eAfter Party\u003c\/i\u003e is surely the start of an exceptional poetic career' – Graeme Richardson, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Poems that sneak in the side-door then exit through the ceiling’ – Caroline Bird\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The success of this Cork-based 31-year-old is by no means a surprise . But it’s still refreshing to encounter such a distilled, haunting voice' – \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Dean Browne is a terrific poet: his language is agile and fresh, his ideas surprising, and the reader feels invigorated, renewed – and lucky to have met such poems’ – Nick Laird\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41840456925281,"sku":"9781035054671","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35391464_4d8f5448-4a36-48db-8724-b5271ddec7c7.jpg?v=1752772807","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035054671-after-party","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}