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Tag Archives: Scottish poetry
Foam of the Past by Fiona Macleod (Ed. Steve Blamires)
“…Fiona Macleod was clearly a gentlelady of breeding and intellect. She could be trusted. She was almost ‘one of us’ – but not quite. It was this slight difference that allowed her to deal with dark and frightening characters and … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
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Interview with Dee Sunshine
“I think you are right to call it a demon. It is very similar to being possessed by a malevolent entity. When I was younger I was consumed by my desire to be a writer and artist, and, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Abstract Expressionism, art website, artwork, author interview, avant garde, British Literature, British poetry, Dee Sunshine, drowning man, Experimental Art, experimental literature, Literature, poetry, Scottish art, Scottish Literature, Scottish poetry, spiritual awakening, spiritualism, Surrealism, Visions of the Drowning Man, writing
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Visions of the Drowning Man by Dee Sunshine
I have lost these bones/ scattered them in mad patterns like a lunatic shaman/ out of his mind on iboga, trying to pull polar-opposite hemispheres together again. Visions of the Drowning Man is the third book of poetry from Glaswegian … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Art, avant garde, Baudelaire, British Literature, British Novel, British poetry, charcoal drawings, consummate craftsman, d m thomas, Darkwave, Dee Sunshine, Drawing, ecole des beaux arts, edinburgh college of art, Experimental Art, experimental literature, fiction, Glasgow, Gothic literature, hieronymus bosch, Marc Chagall, mercurial nature, Painter, Painting, poetic muse, poetry, poetry reader, poetry zine, Rimbaud, Romantic Poetry, Scotland, Scottish Literature, Scottish Novel, Scottish poetry
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Dee Sunshine on Skylight Press
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Dee Sunshine came to poetry at a young age, winning the Lochaber High School poetry competition in 1979. Soon after he liaised with an active London poetry scene and published a couple of chapbooks. Always interested … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors, Poetry
Tagged Art, avant garde, Baudelaire, British Literature, British Novel, British poetry, charcoal drawings, Darkwave, Dee Sunshine, Drawing, ecole des beaux arts, edinburgh college of art, Experimental Art, experimental literature, fiction, Glasgow, Gothic literature, Marc Chagall, Painter, Painting, poetry, poetry zine, Rimbaud, Romantic Poetry, Scotland, Scottish Literature, Scottish Novel, Scottish poetry
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Anthology Wars: Which is the definitive Contemporary British Poetry collection?
Much has been made of the recent spate of Contemporary British Anthologies in literary circles and many have written about the ongoing wrestling match over the 20th Century British poetry canon. As Skylight Press gears up to kick off its … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthology, books., British Literature, British poetry, English poetry, Irish poetry, Literature, poems, poetry, poetry collection, poets, Scottish poetry
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