LUMINANCE: Words for a World Gone Wrong

by Nic Outterside

This unique book brings together a collection of amazing and diverse poets who shine a light of words on a world gone wrong. While global warming, poverty, homelessness, the refugee crisis and warfare dominate world news, the poets of LUMINANCE turn a spotlight on the frailty and hope of humanity. The writers include a 32-year-old mum of four, a 16-year-old school student, a haiku writer, a freedom fighter, a 62-year-old grandfather, a modern day minstrel, a novelist and a self-proclaimed ‘mystic’. Their poetry is breath-taking in its style, its range and its subject matter, falling nimbly into the Darkness and Light, Heaven and Hell, Love and Theft, and War and Peace. Most of the writers have, until now, only seen their work published on social media. This family of contributors live and work 11,000 miles apart, across 18 time zones, in Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Palestine, Japan, England, Scotland and five different states of the USA. Their writings display the diversity of their home cities and cultures and form the unique nature of the book. Retired newspaper and magazine editor Nic Outterside from England, is the publisher of LUMINANCE. “I have edited many publications over the years,” says Nic, “But none has been as challenging and exciting as this. “I was lucky to have so many amazingly talented people contributing to this hugely diverse project. “Their writing alone is breath-taking, but it doesn’t stop there… they were all brimming with ideas about the book, its publicity and ways to reach more readers than I ever believed possible. “And we all hope you enjoy and share their end result… we think it has all been worthwhile.” The writers of LUMINANCE Anjali Love (Melbourne) Annabel James (Oklahoma) Austie Baird (Oregon) Bridgford Hashimoko (Tokyo) Brotibir Roy (Dhaka) Hanalee (Arizona) Heather Matthews (Ontario) Joseph Nichols (Kentucky) Megan Taylor (Inverness) Nic Outterside (Wolverhampton) Sophie Bowns (Ulverston) Troy Turner (Los Angeles) Zanita (Gaza)

131 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 27, 2018

Reviews

[Nic Outterside · Rating 5 out of 5]

Luminance – words for a world gone wrong
A unique collection of international poetry, first published as an e-book in the Spring of 2018 and now available in paperback.
While global warming, poverty, pollution, homelessness, the refugee crisis and warfare continue to dominate world news, a diverse group of global poets have turned their spotlight on the frailty and hope of humanity.
The writers of Luminance live and work 11,000 miles apart, across 18 time zones, in Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Palestine, Japan, England, Scotland and six different states of the USA.
They include a mum of four, a 16 year-old school student, a haiku writer, a Palestinian freedom fighter, a grandfather, a modern day minstrel, a novelist and a self-proclaimed ‘mystic’.
Their poetry displays the diversity of their home cities and cultures and form the unique nature of the book… it is beautiful.
Utterly stunning and highly recommended.