These poems probe the edge of the natural order of things, and what it means to explore knowledge, power, memory and play, in words that are time charged and skittish, words that jib at being claimed by anyone. It’s probably a political book, but is almost certainly already out of date; it’s probably some kind of warning, but without a clear sense of what. In English and Gaelic.
Authors
Peter Mackay (Pàdraig MacAoidh) (b. 1979) is a Scottish poet writing in Gaelic and English. He has an MLitt from the University of Glasgow and a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin. He is a Senior Lecturer in Literature at the School of English at the University of St. Andrews. His poetry pamphlets and collections are From Another Island (Clutag, 2010), Gu Leòr (Acair, 2015) and Nàdar De = Some Kind of (Acair, 2021). He is also co-editor of the poetry anthologies An Leabhar Liath (Luath, 2016), 100 Dàn as Fheàrr Leinn (Luasth, 2020) and The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse (Canongate, 2021).
