Get Closer

Author(s): Van Winkle, Ryan,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 05/03/2026,
Pagination: 112 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited,
Published By: Birlinn General,
Book Classification: Poetry,
Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 21
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781846977367

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

Through these poems, Van Winkle looks at life through a lens – to get closer – to meditate on the anxieties and insecurities of a life. He reckons with how we remember and misremember, and how memories and people can be difficult, and at times painful, to hold on to. In reading this collection it becomes clear that while photographs can be carefully ordered, the emotions and impressions surrounding them cannot.

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