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My apologies to Alec Newman for mis-writing his name! And, Giles, why the "ouch"? If it's for Tom Leonard's wonderful poster poem----oh yes! Best, Judy On 14 January 2011 17:51, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I heartily second Randy Newman's recommendation, particularly Tom Leonard's > latest collection, a generous selection of his poems from 1965 to 2009, *Outside > the Narrative. * > ** > A USAmerican, I feel that David Latane's students would react strongly > positively to Tom Leonard's works which range from his recent > "Epithalamium," (2006) written for his son's wedding, to his apt and > forceful political poems such as "The 6 O'Clock News" (Intimate Voices, > Galloping Dog Press, 1984) My favourite of his poster poems is this one: > > > AN > > OXFORD > > DICTIONARY > > OF > > AN > > ENGLISH > > LANGUAGE > > ------------------------ > > Best, > > Judy > > > On 14 January 2011 13:46, GILES GOODLAND <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> No one has mentioned Peter Manson yet? His Adjunct, in particular, is a >> monument. A must-read. >> >> Giles >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Alec Newman <[log in to unmask]> >> *To:* [log in to unmask] >> *Sent:* Friday, 14 January, 2011 15:03:33 >> *Subject:* Re: scottish suggestions >> >> Vispo / Artpo: >> >> Stephen Nelson is very big. >> >> James McLaughlin is up and coming >> >> Language poets: >> >> Colin Herd is up and coming >> >> Thomas A Clarke has an established reputation >> >> Rabdolph Healy has an established reputation >> >> Tom Leonard has an established reputation >> >> Rob MacKenzie has an established reputation >> >> Douglas Oliver is English, but proud of his Scottish roots, and also has >> an established reputation >> >> Chris Torrance has an established reputation >> >> Gael Turnbull has an established reputation >> >> I'm afraid that's all I can think of off the top of my head, hope it helps >> though, >> >> Alec. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 06:34:09 -0800 >> From: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: scottish suggestions >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> 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) >> >> >