Bibliograph

Acid plaid, new Scottish writing, edited by Harry Ritchie

Type

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Acid plaid, new Scottish writing, edited by Harry Ritchie

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Acid plaid

Oclc number

37141239620235

Responsibility statement

edited by Harry Ritchie

Sub title

new Scottish writing

Summary

The phenomenal success of TRAINSPOTTING made Edinburgh the hottest literary spot on the map. The Scottish beats have infused their writing with a raw, youthful energy and daring that has attracted a wide audience. ACID PLAID includes stories by a host of explosively talented writers, many of whose work hits U.S. shores for the first time here

Table Of Contents

Shredding the icebergs / Candia McWilliam -- The time of my life / Michael Cannon -- Mrs. Quasimodo's divorce / Carol Ann Duffy -- Loose continuity / William Boyd -- Five poems / Kate Clanchy -- A fault on the line / Irvine Welsh -- Four poems / Robert Crawford -- The wasting of old English speech and how a new was got / Alasdair Gray -- The Alexandrian library, part II : the return of the book / Don Paterson -- Crossing the border / Shena Mackay -- Four poems / Robin Robertson -- A theory of literary criticism / Douglas Dunn -- Seven poems / Tom Leonard -- Proposal / Janice Galloway -- Question number ten / Gordon Legge -- The open university / Iain Crichton Smith -- Rockway and the draw / A.L. Kennedy -- Voyage / Edwin Morgan -- Burning Elvis / John Burnside -- Singing Mrs. Murphy / Duncan McLean -- Three poems / Kathleen Jamie -- Extract from An outlying station / Alan Warner -- Three poems / W.N. Herbert -- By the water of Leith I sat down and wept : reflections on Scottish identity / Angus Calder

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Contributor