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The Bonfire Party by Sean O'Brien world kindness day Hoagland’s signature wit and unparalleledThe Bonfire Party Sean OBriens twelfth collection considers conditions at the limit of things, where the world can seem as mysterious as it is empty. This metaphysical cast of mind has deepened through OBriens later works, and amongst The Bonfire Party's reflections on love, history and recurrence, the climate emergency is also a peremptory and nightmarish presence. In a central sequence, OBrien writes into the rich imaginative climate of George