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So Glad I''m Me

★★★★★
★★★★★

English

By (author): Roddy Lumsden

So Glad I'm Me was Roddy Lumsden's tenth collection, and sadly turned out to be the last book he published. In these haunting poems he returned to familiar themes in his work: the trials of oneness versus twoness, the seduction of small calamities, and vice versa. And the everyday mysteries, of running water, salt and sugar, roller-skates and back-up flats. So Glad I'm Me also contains many 'conflation poems' where he has knocked the square peg of one subject through the round hole of another, often music-related. There are poems here about many songs and musicians, ranging from cult artists like Alex Chilton and Robin Holcomb to big names like Elvis and Morrissey. As ever, he relishes unusual words (nestlecock, twofer, farnesol) and interesting, taut forms, alongside a new strand of mid-length, discursive pieces in the spirit of Chicagoan poets Albert Goldbarth and Marianne Boruch. So Glad I'm Me was shortlisted for both the T.S. Eliot Prize 2017 and the Saltire Society Scottish Poetry Book of the Year Award 2018. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Sep 2017
  • Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781780373706

About Roddy Lumsden

Roddy Lumsden (1966-2020) was born in St Andrews and lived in Edinburgh for many years before moving to London in 1998. His first book Yeah Yeah Yeah (1997) was shortlisted for Forward and Saltire prizes. His second collection The Book of Love (2000) a Poetry Book Society Choice was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Mischief Night: New & Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books 2004) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. His later collections were Third Wish Wasted (2009) Terrific Melancholy (2011) Not All Honey (2014) which was shortlisted for the Saltire Society's Scottish Poetry Book of the Year Award and So Glad I'm Me (2017) shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2017 and the Saltire Society Scottish Poetry Book of the Year Award 2018. His anthology Identity Parade: New British and Irish Poets was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2010. He was a freelance writer and editor also specialising in quizzes and word puzzles and represented Scotland twice on BBC Radio 4's Round Britain Quiz. He also held several residencies including ones with the City of Aberdeen St Andrews Bay Hotel and as poet-in-residence to the music industry when he co-wrote The Message a book on poetry and pop music (Poetry Society 1999). His other books include Vitamin Q: a temple of trivia lists and curious words (Chambers Harrap 2004).

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