Vol. 12 No. 2: Scotland
Ten years after the Independence Referendum, Irish Pages asks diverse Scottish writers of distinction – established, mid-career and new – to think about their country, and take stock of the current state of its culture and polity, language and literature, ecology and environment, while a specially curated selection of Scotland’s emerging poets will offer a younger perspective. How will Scotland fare in an era of momentous and unpredictable political change? Stands Scotland where it did?
Co-edited by Kathleen Jamie and Don Paterson.
- Essays by Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson, Neal Ascherson, Dougie Strang, Colin Bramwell, Kate Molleson, David Greig, Margaret Elphinstone, Peter Mackay, Rosemary Goring, Jenny Lindsay, Stuart Kelly, James Campbell, James Robertson, Fraser MacDonald, Catriona McAra, Amanda Thomson, David Wheatley & Niall Campbell.
- New poems edited by Niall Campbell: Marjorie Lotfi, Roshni Gallagher, Taylor Strickland, Sam Tongue, Michael Grieve, Medha Singh, Colin Bramwell, Nuala Watt, Tarn MacArthur, Tim Tim Cheng, Patrick Romero McCafferty, Alycia Pirmohamed, Iona Lee, Patrick James Errington, Harry Ledgerwood, Siún Carden & Will Barnard.
- New prose and poetry from Brian Holton, Niall O’Gallagher, David Kinloch, David Wheatley, Rob McClure, Ryan Van Winkle, Morag Smith, Finola Scott, Alec Finlay & Ken Cockburn.
- From The Scottish Archive: “Scottish Culture and the End of Britain” (2002) by Angus Calder
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“So where are we now? In this volume, the elders speak out of that cultural memory. None is happy, none particularly optimistic. The somewhat younger generation included have had to develop their artistic practice and their careers in the digital age; since this represents the principal division between the two generations, they are perhaps better equipped to see, if not more clearly into the future, then differently. To give us a sense of Scotland’s youth and vitality, we asked Niall Campbell, himself a fine younger poet, to edit a section of new and emerging poets from Scotland. The poets have forever been the ‘future dreamers’ of the culture, and one ignores their voices at one’s peril … We were indeed still in the dream times. The dream seems to have vanished, for now, and in its place is little but empty sleep. But in rest we gather strength. Nonetheless it may be time to wake up and face the reality of Scotland’s present situation before we dare dream again.”
from the Foreword by Kathleen Jamie & Don Paterson
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| Weight | 566 g |
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| Dimensions | 235 × 155 × 24 mm |