Be the First to Like This: New Scottish Poetry

by Colin Waters

Throw a stone in Edinburgh or Glasgow today and you'll hit a poet. The Scottish spoken word scene has exploded, reaching a level of popularity last seen in the late 1970s, another era, coincidentally, when the issue of Scottish self-determination was in the air. A generation of poets has emerged who have grown up in an age of change, political and technological, with the internet providing them not only with new ways of sharing writing - through their websites, podcasts, Twitter - but also in some cases with a subject too. It's a scene where you are just as liable to encounter ancient gods as you are video game characters. This book is a survey, a yearbook, a celebration, and a promise of things to come. "An eclectic collection of the zany and wonderful, Be the First to Like This explores the diverse array of modern-day Scottish poetry."--World Literature Today

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1908251352
• ISBN13: 9781908251350
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Vagabond Voices
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"