Of Breaking Glass by James Byrne #PBSChristmas of personal and public record

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Of Breaking Glass by James Byrne #PBSChristmas of personal and public recordOf Breaking Glass is an elegiac sequence for James Byrnes brother, Robin, who passed away unexpectedly during the initial Covid lockdown. These poems, set in Californias Death Valley during a heatwave, are an attempt of one sibling to bury anothers first memory: the sound of breaking glass. Ritualising loss, memory and language, this tender, brilliant book, replete with stunning colour photographs, evokes the most intimate kind of writing. Of Breaking