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Dave Byrne

Dave Byrne, a freelance writer from Arlington, Virginia, died on Thanksgiving Day, 2015. In the final year and a half of his life, he published four stories with Boston Review and one with Commonweal.

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Arts in Society, Law & Justice

Speaking in Tongues

Serving time in Richmond City Jail

Dave Byrne

Arts in Society

A Good, Bad, Hard, Easy Life

A new collection of Lead Belly's recordings.

Dave Byrne

Arts in Society, Science & Nature

A Matter of the Skies

More birds appear. Bending against the cold, I watch, name, and name again.

Dave Byrne

Arts in Society, Science & Nature

Ground Down to Molasses

The Making of an American Folk Song

Dave Byrne

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