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.

Speaking in Tongues

Serving time in Richmond City Jail.

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A Good, Bad, Hard, Easy Life

A new collection of Lead Belly’s recordings.

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A Matter of the Skies

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

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Ground Down to Molasses

The making of an American folk song.

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