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.
Speaking in Tongues
Serving time in Richmond City Jail.
Dave Byrne
A Good, Bad, Hard, Easy Life
A new collection of Lead Belly’s recordings.
Dave Byrne
A Matter of the Skies
More birds appear. Bending against the cold, I watch, name, and name again.
Dave Byrne
Ground Down to Molasses
The making of an American folk song.
Dave Byrne
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