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Ryan Van Winkle was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His debut collection, "Tomorrow,
We Will Live Here", was published by Salt in 2010. His second collection, "The Good Dark", won the Saltire Society’s 2015 Poetry Book of the Year award.

His poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Modern Poetry in Translation and New Writing Scotland. He was awarded the Jessie Kesson fellowship at Moniack Mhor in 2018.
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	The Good Dark 3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tomorrow, We Will Live Here 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	#UntitledTwo: Neu! Reekie! by Kevin Williamson (Editor), Michael Pederson (Editor), Ryan Van Winkle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Room Is Waiting: Poems from Iraq and Scotland by Ryan Van Winkle (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lauren Pyott (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Hate Myself I’m a Genius I Ruin Everything by Ryan Van Winkle (Goodreads Author), Magda Boreysza (Drawings) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Think I by Ryan Van Winkle (Goodreads Author), Nick Holdstock (Introduction) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hoping for Surrender by Ryan Van Winkle (Goodreads Author) (Poet), Jack Richold (Poet/Drawings), Leah Rothschild (Poet/Drawings) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ViewMaster by Ryan Van Winkle (Goodreads Author), Dan Gorman (Composer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Chose To Listen: New translations from Reel Festivals: Syria, Lebanon and Scotland 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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'(The Good Dark) moves between stabbing pain, deep melancholy and cautious optimism, always with the same gentle touch.' -- The Skinny

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'Channelling Bob Dylan at his trippy, visionary best...' -- The Scotsman

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'...the poetry of loss in The Good Dark, particularly loss of love, is not bitter or recriminatory, but a kind of analysis, a recog Read more of this blog post »

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