Get Closer by Ryan Van Winkle

Get Closer by Ryan Van Winkle

In his latest collection, Ryan Van Winkle uses photographs to access themes of abandonment, imprisonment, generational incomprehension and the very notion of how we end up where we are. This is a poetic photo album.

'Beautifully crafted, Van Winkle catalogues a life in still imagery, both haunting and inspiring'

-- Joelle Taylor

'A sweetly melancholy meditation on the gaps in recollection that no record can hope to fill'

-- Harry Josephine Giles

'Poems to return to again and again, like a box of photographs carried with you from house to house, country to country, life to life'

-- Peter Mackay, Scotland's Makar

'An exceptional collection; poems that unfold and draw you inward to a place where only language, held gently and confidently, can lead you'

-- William Letford

'Thoughtful and perceptive. .  Through stunning ekphrastic poems, Van Winkle examines memory – its fragility and fallibility – with tender attention'

-- Alycia Pirmohamed

'A tenderly crafted collection. Beautiful, surprising and bittersweet'

-- Iona Lee

'A deeply rich and nostalgic collection driven by story and heart'

-- Andrés N. Ordorica

Ryan Van Winkle, an American who has been living in Scotland for over 25 years, is an award-winning author, artist and producer based in Edinburgh. He is currently the Artistic Director of StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival. His first collection, Tomorrow, We Will Live Here (Salt), won the Crashaw Prize. In 2015, his second collection, The Good Dark (Penned in the Margins), won the Saltire Society’s Poetry Book of the Year award. His poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Modern Poetry in Translation and New Writing Scotland.

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ISBN 13	9781846977367
ISBN 10	1846977363
Title	Get Closer
Author	Ryan Van Winkle
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	Birlinn General
Year published	2026-03-05
Number of pages	112
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.