After Party by Dean Browne
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Autumn 2025 Michael Dickman – Mandy Pannett

– Mandy Pannett

he can really tell stories

prayers and nursery rhymes

and Poetry Editor Amy Wack

birth trauma

After Party by Dean Browne<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Autumn 2025</b> Michael Dickman – Mandy PannettDean Browne arrives at the After Party with the maturity and style of an altogether more seasoned poet. In a debut collection of standout and stand alone poems, each tests the boundaries of its unique universe. Browne is a mesmeric teller of strange tales, imaginings that can seem origamically contained within the compressed dimensions of a poem. A leg sets off on a long train journey; a Parisian alley cat is launched into space; earthbound lovers