{"product_id":"ancient-light-9781848618701","title":"Ancient Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s and 1970s Robin Fulton Macpherson was active in Scottish literary life as a poet, reviewer and editor. Since 1973 his home base has been in Norway and in the decades since he has built a solid reputation as a translator of Scandinavian poets, such as Tomas Tranströmer, Kjell Espmark and Harry Martinson from Swedish and Olav H. Hauge from Norwegian. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis \u003cem\u003eA Northern Habitat: Collected Poems 1960-2010\u003c\/em\u003e (Marick Press, 2013) was described by Carol Rumens in \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e as \"a major achievement, enriching the habitat of contemporary letters in our own archipelago and beyond.\" John Glenday, in \u003cem\u003eNorthwords Now\u003c\/em\u003e, referred to the book as \"a real treasure of a collection, a weighty, important reminder that Fulton Macpherson is a prominent figure in Scottish poetry... His poetry is enduring as granite. It will weather well\", while Peter M. McDonald, in \u003cem\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/em\u003e, felt certain that \"\u003cem\u003eA Northern Habitat\u003c\/em\u003e will stand the test of time. It is arguably the most important book yet from a Scottish poet in this new millennium.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAncient Light\u003c\/em\u003e is his third Shearsman collection, following 2020's \u003cem\u003eArrivals of Light\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Many of these [ poems in \u003cem\u003eArrivals of Light \u003c\/em\u003e] consist of just a few lines but they're suffused with a remarkable keenness of eye and, especially, freshness of thought and phrase. The very title ... speaks to a sense of continuing revelation, or more accurately revelations.\" -Chris Powici, \u003cem\u003eNorthwords Now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Fulton MacPherson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848618701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacPherson, Robin Fulton:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robin Fulton Macpherson was born in Arran in 1937, attended primary school in Arran and Glasgow and secondary school in Golspie, Sutherland. He attained an MA in 1959 and PhD in 1972 from Edinburgh University. From 1969 to 1971 he held the Writers' Fellowship, also at Edinburgh University. He was senior lecturer at Stavanger University in Norway from 1973 to 2006. His Selected Poems (1980) gathered work from five earlier volumes and was followed by two further collections (1982, 1990). Marick Press, Michigan, published A Northern Habitat: Collected Poems 1960-2010 and Unseen Isles and other poems. He edited Lines Review and the associated press from 1967-1976; Selected Poems by Iain Crichton Smith (1983); The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Garioch (1983) and revised Robert Garioch's Collected Poems (2004), and A Garioch Miscellany (1986). His essays have been collected in Contemporary Scottish Poetry (1974) and The Way the Words are Taken (1989). His work has been published in Swedish, German and Spanish translation. He has translated many Scandinavian poets, such as Tomas Tranströmer, Harry Martinson and Kjell Espmark from Sweden and Olav H Hauge, from Norway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shearsman Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43115227316339,"sku":"9.78185E+12","price":21.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ffb99409-f487-49ef-a8d9-b1bb029cc402.jpg?v=1749121039","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ancient-light-9781848618701","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}