#wsgraham — Public Fediverse posts

REMEMBERING WS GRAHAM

Brian Morton wonders if “the contrast between the industrial/mercantile foreground & the shock of green/purple hills & endless sky beyond” gives writers from Clydeside – like WS Graham – “a heightened sense of language & colour”

3/7

https://www.scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/remembering-ws-graham/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #modernism #romanticism #WSGraham #Clydeside

“Graham’s ‘Untidy Dreadful Table’, a poem that pictures itself doubled & mutated on the other side of the page… could likewise be said to traffic in a form of translation”

Samuel Martin confronts layouts, facing pages, literary translations, & WS Graham

7/8

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/06/facing-tables-with-w-s-graham/

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From the Scottish Poetry Library archives: poet & novelist John Burnside discusses fellow Scottish poet W.S. Graham. During the talk, recorded at the National Library of Scotland, Burnside talks about poetry & visual art, the poet as nomad, & “feeding the dead”

https://splpodcast.podbean.com/e/john-burnside-on-ws-graham

#Scottish #literature #poetry #visualart #poets #JohnBurnside #WSGraham

Remembering W. S. Graham

Brian Morton wonders if “the contrast between the industrial/mercantile foreground & the shock of green/purple hills & endless sky beyond” gives writers from Clydeside – like W.S. Graham – “a heightened sense of language & colour”

3/5

https://www.scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/remembering-ws-graham/

#Scottish #literature #poetry #WSGraham #modernism #Clydeside