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  1. I was the wrong music
    The wrong guest for you
    When I came through the tundras
    And thro’ the dew…

    —Olive Fraser, “The Unwanted Child”
    in MODERN SCOTTISH WOMEN POETS, @canongatebooks 2005

    6/6

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser

  2. “[Ali] Smith… tells an ambiguous and inimitable tale of what it means to be a woman writer from Scotland, and her creative re-imagining brings the enigmatic Fraser in particular to life once again for a contemporary readership”

    Rediscovering the currency of Scottish women’s voices in Ali Smith’s SHIRE – available of Open Access

    @litstudies

    5/6

    books.openedition.org/pufc/388

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser #AliSmith

  3. “[Ali] Smith… tells an ambiguous and inimitable tale of what it means to be a woman writer from Scotland, and her creative re-imagining brings the enigmatic Fraser in particular to life once again for a contemporary readership”

    Rediscovering the currency of Scottish women’s voices in Ali Smith’s SHIRE – available of Open Access

    @litstudies

    5/6

    books.openedition.org/pufc/388

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser #AliSmith

  4. “[Ali] Smith… tells an ambiguous and inimitable tale of what it means to be a woman writer from Scotland, and her creative re-imagining brings the enigmatic Fraser in particular to life once again for a contemporary readership”

    Rediscovering the currency of Scottish women’s voices in Ali Smith’s SHIRE – available of Open Access

    @litstudies

    5/6

    books.openedition.org/pufc/388

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser #AliSmith

  5. “[Ali] Smith… tells an ambiguous and inimitable tale of what it means to be a woman writer from Scotland, and her creative re-imagining brings the enigmatic Fraser in particular to life once again for a contemporary readership”

    Rediscovering the currency of Scottish women’s voices in Ali Smith’s SHIRE – available of Open Access

    @litstudies

    5/6

    books.openedition.org/pufc/388

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser #AliSmith

  6. “[Ali] Smith… tells an ambiguous and inimitable tale of what it means to be a woman writer from Scotland, and her creative re-imagining brings the enigmatic Fraser in particular to life once again for a contemporary readership”

    Rediscovering the currency of Scottish women’s voices in Ali Smith’s SHIRE – available of Open Access

    @litstudies

    5/6

    books.openedition.org/pufc/388

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser #AliSmith

  7. Cauld, cauld is Alnack . . .
    Cauld is the snaw wind and sweet.
    The maukin o’ Creagan Alnack
    Has snaw for meat.

    —Olive Fraser, “Benighted in the Foothills of the Cairngorms: January”
    in THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF SCOTTISH VERSE, @canongatebooks 2021

    3/6

    canongate.co.uk/books/3267-the

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Cairngorms #winter #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser

  8. “I know of no other poet in modern times who can so rouse the reverberations of meaning within a word”

    Open the Door: Olive Fraser – from 2018, Jess Orr looks at the life & work of Olive Fraser for the Glasgow Women’s Library

    2/6

    womenslibrary.org.uk/discover-

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser

  9. I saw the dead upon St Laurence Wake
    Sailing in beautiful Brimvald. They were young,
    Younger than death and life, with a sweet tongue
    I have heard in my blood before…

    —“The Vikings”, by Olive Fraser (1909–1977) – born #OTD, 20 Jan, & a poet whose work was sadly neglected in her lifetime. A 🎂 🧵

    1/6

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser #Vikings

  10. I was the wrong music
    The wrong guest for you
    When I came through the tundras
    And thro’ the dew…

    —Olive Fraser, “The Unwanted Child”

    5/5

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser

  11. The grey roots circle thee, who never knew
    At any hour within thy travels lone
    A human shape but mine…

    —Olive Fraser, “The Adder of Quinag”

    4/5

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser

  12. Cauld, cauld is Alnack . . .
    Cauld is the snaw wind and sweet.
    The maukin o’ Creagan Alnack
    Has snaw for meat.

    —Olive Fraser, “Benighted in the Foothills of the Cairngorms: January”

    3/5

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #Scots #Scotslanguage #OliveFraser

  13. “I know of no other poet in modern times who can so rouse the reverberations of meaning within a word”

    Open the Door: Olive Fraser – from 2018, Jess Orr looks at the life & work of Olive Fraser for Glasgow’s Women’s Library

    2/5

    womenslibrary.org.uk/discover-

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser

  14. I saw the dead upon St Laurence Wake
    Sailing in beautiful Brimvald. They were young,
    Younger than death and life, with a sweet tongue
    I have heard in my blood before…

    —“The Vikings”, by Olive Fraser (1909–1977) – born #OTD, 20 Jan, & a poet whose work was sadly neglected in her lifetime. A 🎂 🧵

    1/5

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #OliveFraser