Quines: poems in tribute to women of Scotland [Reconstructed head of a young woman -Nessie -- Sgathach -- Teneu -- Unn the deep-minded -- Saint Margaret -- The Dwaum - Queen o the bean - The abdication of Mary Queen of Scots - Nine hiaku for Esther Inglis- A dochter's dreame - The killing times - Columbine Cameron - Hauf-hingit Maggie - A curious herbal muses - It's aye sang wi me - Captain Betsy Miller's fareweel tae Clytus - Terpsichore reflects on her master -Fanny Wright meditates on Mary Shelley's death - Oran Song - Mary Slessor takes St. Paul to task -- Janie Annan Slessor keeps vigil -- Horsehead Nebula speaks - Helen Crawfurd's memoirs in seven chapters -- The scaur - The flyting of the red shoes and the blue shoes - Admiral

Stevenson, Gerda [Isabella MacDuff Margaret Wilson Maud Sulter Eliza Junor Katharine Stewart-Murray Isobel Wylie Hutchison Violt Jacob Margaret Fay Shaw Margaret Blackwood Moira Shearer Ena Lamont Stewart Helen Crummy Lizzie Higgins Tessa Ransford Elizabeth Meehan Mina Ray Christian Small Chrystal Macmillan Dorothy Johnstone Williamina Paton Gleming Mary Somerville Maggie dickson Nan Shepher Mary Garden Ethel baxter

ISBN 10: 1912147521 / ISBN 13: 9781912147526

Published by Luath Press Limited, Edinburgh, 2018, 2019, 2019

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135 pages : illustration ; 21 cm ; SIGNED by author on title page ; ISBN 9781912147328, 1912147327 ; OCLC 1020453490 ; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Poems giving voices to 67 remarkable women of Scotland from thousands of years BC to 21st century women. A diverse range of women are represented through poetic monologues in Scots and English. This powerful, unique, well-researched collection is a new landmark in the fine tradition of Scottish women's writing from a renowned poet and performer. ; Contents: reconstructed head of a young woman -- Quines: Nessie -- Sgathach -- Teneu -- Unn the deep-minded -- Saint Margaret -- The Dwaum / Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan -- Queen o the bean / Mary Fleming -- The abdication of Mary Queen of Scots -- Nine hiaku for Esther Inglis -- A dochter's dreame / Elizabeth Melville -- The killing times / Margaret Wilson -- Columbine Cameron / Jea Cameron -- Hauf-hingit Maggie / Maggie dickson -- A curious herbal muses / Elizabeth Blackwell -- It's aye sang wi me / Caroline Oliphant, Lady Nairne -- Self-control promotes herself / Mary Brunton -- In her ninety-second year / Mary Somerville -- Captain Betsy Miller's fareweel tae Clytus -- Terpsichore reflects on her master / Maud Sulter -- Fanny Wright meditates on Mary Shelley's death -- Demerara / Eliza Junor -- Seeing red / Helen Macfarlane -- Oran Song / Mary MacPherson -- Mary Slessor takes St. Paul to task -- Janie Annan Slessor keeps vigil -- Horsehead Nebula speaks / Williamina Paton Gleming -- Scotland celebrates 3-0 at Easter Road -- My birth in her hands / Margaret Macdonald -- Skull / Mary Garden -- Rest time in the life class / Dorothy Johnstone -- Helen Crawfurd's memoirs in seven chapters -- The scaur / Ethel baxter -- Ma ain country / Violt Jacob -- Elsie Inglis prepares for her last journey -- Justice, persons and peace / Chrystal Macmillan -- The Red Duchess / Katharine Stewart-Murray -- Jain Haining -- ss Bonita praises Victoria Drummond -- The river kens Nancy Riach -- The penny pledge / Ena Lamont Stewart -- At Miss Eardley's / Joan Eardley -- Admiral of the Bering recalls Alaska / Isobel Wylie Hutchison -- The flyting of the red shoes and the blue shoes / Moira Shearer -- Anna buchan's obituary -- Mairi Anndra gives thanks to Margaret Fay Shaw -- I am Jennie Lee's open university -- All it takes / Margaret Blackwood -- The ballad of Craigmillar / Helen Crummy -- What a voice / Lizzie Higgins -- Margaret Tait's Portrait of Ga -- A Megan Boyd fishing fly for Prince Charles, July, 1981 -- Maggie's Centre, edinburgh, tells of its conception and growth / Maggie Keswick Jencks -- Daith salutes Margo MacDonald -- Kantha Sari heirloom / Mina Ray -- Orkney recalls Gunnnie / Gunnie Moberg -- The Living Mountain addresses a five pound banknote / Nan Shepher -- Rose stalks in snow / Christian Small -- And women's coalition danced / Elizabeth Meehan -- Tessa thinks the Scottish Poetry Library / Tessa Ransford - Epilogue: In Memoriam, Catriona White and Great Tapestry of Scotland stitchers -- Glossary (Scots and Gaelic) -- Further reading -- Index of quines ; ; FINE.

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• Title: Quines: poems in tribute to women of Scotland [Reconstructed head of a young woman -Nessie -- Sgathach -- Teneu -- Unn the deep-minded -- Saint Margaret -- The Dwaum - Queen o the bean - The abdication of Mary Queen of Scots - Nine hiaku for Esther Inglis- A dochter's dreame - The killing times - Columbine Cameron - Hauf-hingit Maggie - A curious herbal muses - It's aye sang wi me - Captain Betsy Miller's fareweel tae Clytus - Terpsichore reflects on her master -Fanny Wright meditates on Mary ...
• Publisher: Luath Press Limited, Edinburgh, 2018, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1912147521
• ISBN 13: 9781912147526
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Blossom is an account of Scotland at the grassroots through the stories of people Ive had the good fortune to know the most stuHardbackorn, talented and resilient people on the planet. Theyve had to be. Some have transformed their parts of Scotland. Some have tried and failed. But all have something in common they know what it takes for Scotland to blossom. We should too Weeding out vital components of Scottish identity from decades of political and social tangle is no mean task, but its one journalist Lesley Riddoch has undertaken. Dispensing with the tired, yo-yoing jousts over fiscal commissions, Devo Something and EU in-or-out, Blossom pinpoints both the buds of growth and the blight thats holding Scotland back. Drawing from its people and history as well as the experience of the Nordic countries, and the authors own passionate and outspoken perspective, this is a plain-speaking but incisive call to restore equality and control to local communities and let Scotland flourish. A brilliant, moving, well written, informative, important and valuable piece of work. ELAINE C SMITH Not so much an intervention in the independence debate as a heartfelt manifesto for a better democracy. ESTHER BREITENBACH, Scotsman

About the Author

LESLEY RIDDOCH is an award-winning broadcaster, writer and journalist. She writes weekly columns for The Scotsman and Sunday Post and is a regular contributor to The Guardian, Newsnight Scotland, Scotland Tonight and Any Questions. She is founder and Director of Nordic Horizons, a policy group that brings Nordic experts to the Scottish Parliament.<br /><br />Lesley presented You and Yours on BBC Radio 4, The Midnight Hour on bbc2 and The People’s Parliament and Powerhouse on Channel 4. She founded the Scottish feminist magazine Harpies and Quines, won two Sony awards for her daily Radio Scotland show and edited The Scotswoman – a 1995 edition of The Scots man written and edited by its female staff. She lives in Fife and is married to an Englishman who grew up in Canada.