THE RUBY DARES ME
D is a poet from County Mayo.
He spent his late teens and early twenties working as a barback in Manhattan.
Now in his mid-30s, award-winning and well published, D teaches grad students at Arizona State University.
He loathes whiskey but likes tequila, loves his family with irrevocable certainty, and writes poems that strangers keep close, folded in their pockets.
He came to the world through the Amie Series — three novels marking their tenth anniversary this fall — but his poems belong to anyone with a voice willing to carry them.
You’re warmly invited to be that voice.
An Underworld I Wanted
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Lost and Right at Home
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Forgetting
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The Barback and the Waitress
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Riordan
An Underworld I Wanted ✳︎ Lost and Right at Home ✳︎ Forgetting ✳︎ The Barback and the Waitress ✳︎ Riordan
We're looking for voices to bring D's poems to life.
Irish accent encouraged, not required.
Audio or video.
One poem or three.
No audition, no commercial agenda.
There is no definitive version.
D’s been waiting ten years to be read aloud.
In the spirit of creative collaboration, recorded readings will be shared on this page with full credit to the actor.
As of July 22, this page is a work in progress, so please continue to check back in the coming months. Use the contact form to request a heads up when content begins to fill in.
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In Progress
The upload form will put roots down here for actors to share audio and video of their spoken word performances.