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“Yes, I go along with the idea of a Scottish Spring. It was genuinely a time of beginnings, a time of openings, and I always felt that those who left Scotland then - eg. Kenneth White, Douglas Dunn - were too impatient and should have stayed. New international configurations - Sottish-American, Scottish-Russian, Scottish-Brazilian - appeared. New genres like concrete poetry and sound-poetry challenged a fair amount of opposition. I remember Hugh MacDiarmid growling in 1970 "I'd hate an Ian Finlay poem on my gravetstone." Publishers like Wild Hawthorn, Migrant, Eugen Gomringer, Hansjörg Mayer, encouraged Scotland to see the world and the world to see Scotland.”

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Book:Justified Sinners: An Archaeology of Scottish Counter Culture, 1960 - 2000
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Justified Sinners: An Archaeology of Scottish Counter Culture, 1960 - 2000

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Edwin Morgan
Edwin Morgan

Edwin Morgan was a prominent British poet, born on April 27, 1920, in Glasgow, Scotland, and passed away on August 17, 2010. His poetry, known for its unique style and profound themes, is considered one of the most important poets of the 20th century. more

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