Waistband and Other Poems by Donny O'rourke
Donny O'Rourke's poetry has a jazzy, upbeat note to it, with the strains of Ireland and America in the background. There are more reflective poems on parents, grief, loss, renewal, and losing weight (or not). O'Rourke's self-deprecating style is appealing, moving from one sensibility to the next, and concerned with the acts of giving and receiving, transmitting culture, ideas and thoughts. This is a wide and generous poetry.
Author reading scheduled for October as part of Scottish Book Fortnight; Reviews scheduled for TLS, Independent, Scotsman, Herald, Poetry Review and Poetry Now; Polygon Poets Promotion to bookshops - October/NovemberPOS available and special discounts for `sets' bought and sold.
Donny O'Rourke was born in Port Glasgow in 1959. After working in arts television he took some time off to write and is now Writer-in-Residence at Glasgow and Strathclyde universities. His first collection, Second Cities, was published by Vennel Press in 1991 and he edited the influential Dream State: the New Scottish Poets in 1994.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780748662326 |
| ISBN 10 | 0748662324 |
| Title | Waistband and Other Poems |
| Author | Donny O'rourke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2001-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 88 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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