Maritime by Ian Stephen
Ian Stephens poetry evokes the dramatic waterscapes, rocky shores and wind-blasted textures of his native Hebrides. A natural-born son of the sea, Ian writes with an intensity, spareness and precision that echoes the turmoil, the beauty the essential character of the northern seas and their liminal coastlines.
His poetry is distinguished by its precisionThere is no surfeit to it. His poems are short and taut as well-set sails. -- Robert Macfarlane
His main subjects - seas, winds, tides, shorelines and horizons - are expressed in precisely observed details of shape, colour, texture and movement that capture the spirit of a place as well as the topography. -- James Aitchieson * Herald *
Absorbing and riveting... dense, compelling and wildly idiosyncratic... splits the form open like a fresh catch, glistening and raw and singing with the sea. -- Kirsty Gunn * Guardian *
A rugged landscape and stoic yet lyrical simplicity. -- Robert Morace, Professor of English at Daemen College, Amherst, NY
His main subjects - seas, winds, tides, shorelines and horizons - are expressed in precisely observed details of shape, colour, texture and movement that capture the spirit of a place as well as the topography. -- James Aitchieson * Herald *
Absorbing and riveting... dense, compelling and wildly idiosyncratic... splits the form open like a fresh catch, glistening and raw and singing with the sea. -- Kirsty Gunn * Guardian *
A rugged landscape and stoic yet lyrical simplicity. -- Robert Morace, Professor of English at Daemen College, Amherst, NY
Ian Stephen is a poet, writer, storyteller, artist and sailor from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. His prose, poetry and drama have been published around the world and garnered several awards, including the Robert Louis Stevenson Award. He was the first artist-in-residence at StAnza, Scotland’s annual poetry festival. Ian’s novel, A Book of Death and Fish (Saraband, 2014) was named as best book of the year in several media polls.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910192368 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910192368 |
| Title | Maritime |
| Author | Ian Stephen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Saraband |
| Year published | 2016-05-26 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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