The resulting poems feed new life into moments whose hunger has long since abated,' and that 'The careful manipulation of the text speaks to the magical way we sometimes manipulate memories, given enough estrangement, in an attempt at what Ryan sharply terms 'organizing isolation.'' The reviewer also noted the book's unusual hardcover, letterpressed design: ' adds stunning craftsmanship to Ryan’s vision and produced an art object that plays with themes of organizing and the intimacy of handwritten letters.' That summer, Ryan performed poetry from his collection at the Just Buffalo Silo City Summer Reading Series, along with poet Mathias Svalina and filmmaker Mary Helena Clark. In a review, the poet and publisher Rachelle Toarmino wrote, 'The collection is a portrait of ultimates-love, religion, presence, absence-formed from the fragments of letters and postcards previously sent to Ryan by his loved ones. In April 2017 Ryan published a collection of visual poetry, Organizing Isolation: Half-Lives of Love at Long Distance (Linoleum Press, 2017). In 2017 the poet and novelist Janet McNally selected his poem 'At the funeral of an atheist I didn't know' as the winner of that year's Just Buffalo Literary Center Member's Competition it was published in the newspaper The Public. , Peach Mag, The Buffalo News, Buffalo Rising, The Honest Ulsterman, Octavius, and Ghost City Review. Ryan has published poetry in magazines and papers including Slipstream.

2.2.1 Constant Stranger: After Frank Stanford.

2.2 Foundlings Press and growing impact.

2.1 Foundlings Magazine and 'Whistle Stop' political poetry tour.

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