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There's an immensely talented female poet living in the Shetlands, Jen Hadfield, who in 2008 was the youngest poet to win the TS Eliot Prize for her collection *Nigh-No-Place. * Born in 1978 in Cheshire to a Canadian mother and British father, Hadfield studied English Language and Literature at the University of Edinburgh, going on to earn an MLitt with distinction from the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, tutored by Tom Leonard. She won an Eric Gregory Award in 2003 for the then unpublished* Almanacs *(Bloodaxe 2005). Best, Judy On 14 January 2011 18:56, Geraldine Monk <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > How come there's no women poets in Scotland? (not including the > successful mainstreamers of course). They do seem a very noticeable > absence. Any ideas? > > G > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Friday, January 14, 2011 11:20 PM > *Subject:* Re: scottish suggestions > > Ian Hamilton Finlay, *Glasgow Beasts, and a Burd* (complete set reprinted > among other places in *Noise and Smoky Breath,* a comprehensive anthology > of Glasgow poems, which also has Tom Leonard's "Six Glasgow Poems", etc.). > > D.M.Black -- most accessible would be the early poems from *With Decorum*, > notably "The Red Judge". > > nick e. melville among the young uns -- there's a set of links to his work > here, but there are probably more on the Web: > > http://www.blissfultimes.ca/melville.htm > > He and Peter Manson and Tom Leonard might make an interesting triumvirate > to teach in the same context. > > (In case anyone hasn't come on it, here's the URL of Tom Leonard's site: > > http://www.tomleonard.co.uk/ ) > > Robin > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* David Latane <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Friday, January 14, 2011 9:34 AM > *Subject:* scottish suggestions > > I'm perhaps being lazy here but any suggestions for outstanding or > favorite poems by Scottish writers post WW2 would be welcome. > [log in to unmask] if backchannel -- I'm pretty well versed in the area > but one can't read everything, and I'm putting together readings for > American undergrads in a Scottish literature seminar. > > David Latane > http://www.standmagazine.org (Stand Magazine, Leeds) > >