Be the First to Like This
Be the First to Like This Throw a stone in Edinburgh or Glasgow today and you'll hit a poet. A generation of poets has emerged who have grown up in an age of change, political and technological, with…
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Be the First to Like This
Throw a stone in Edinburgh or Glasgow today and you'll hit a poet. 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. 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.
This book is a survey, a yearbook, a celebration, and a promise of things to come. It's a scene where you are just as liable to encounter ancient gods as you are video game characters. "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