After Party by Dean Browne
A beguiling and brilliant debut poetry collection from one of Ireland's rising generation poets.
Quirky, kooky, dark, philosophical, absurd and always wonderful, often edged between outrageous humour and revelation, these richly imagistic poems are full of inventionEach poem treads slowly onwards inventing itself as it proceeds to celebrate the transforming powers of poetry. An original and thrilling poet whose every poem hit the mark! -- Daljit Nagra on Kitchens at Night
These poems are packed with exuberant images. They twist and turn in constantly surprising ways – line by line, I never know where they’ll take me next! The first read exhilarates; re-reads reveal hidden depths and subterranean passages to the magical adventures. I adored the furniture poems especially, but every poem thrills. This is gorgeous, exciting work and I’m in awe of its energy and vitality. -- Pascale Petit on Kitchens at Night
Poems that sneak in the side-door then exit through the ceiling -- Caroline Bird
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
These poems are packed with exuberant images. They twist and turn in constantly surprising ways – line by line, I never know where they’ll take me next! The first read exhilarates; re-reads reveal hidden depths and subterranean passages to the magical adventures. I adored the furniture poems especially, but every poem thrills. This is gorgeous, exciting work and I’m in awe of its energy and vitality. -- Pascale Petit on Kitchens at Night
Poems that sneak in the side-door then exit through the ceiling -- Caroline Bird
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
Dean Browne is from Tipperary, Ireland, and lives in Cork. He received the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2021 and his pamphlet Kitchens at Night was a winner of the Poetry Business International Pamphlet Competition; it was published by Smith|Doorstop in 2022. His poems have appeared in The London Magazine, The New York Review of Books, Poetry Magazine, Poetry Review, The Stinging Fly, and elsewhere. After Party is his debut collection. It has been shortlisted for the 2026 Pigott Poetry Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781035054671 |
| ISBN 10 | 1035054671 |
| Title | After Party |
| Author | Dean Browne |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2025-09-25 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
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