Of Breaking Glass by James Byrne Random House and Behold My Father on

and Behold My Father on His Bicycle

the relationship between mind and body

Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political

existing positions

from the wry social comment of Grahame Davies to the contemporary parables of Gwyneth Lewis

Of Breaking Glass by James Byrne Random House and Behold My Father onOf 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