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Second Wind: New Poems
These three significant and consistently inventive writers confound restrictive perceptions. With humour, melancholy and wisdom, they tackle what a person loses as he or she ages – and what they gain.
This collection was created with the help of The Baring Foundation, which enables the creation of opportunities for older people to enjoy and participate in the arts. The ‘Late Style’ series of commissions supports leading professional artists, all of whom are over 70, to bring their original and exceptional artistic craft and insights to the theme of age. Eleven new works will reach a variety of spaces and audiences, between 2015 and 2017.
This collection was created with the help of The Baring Foundation, which enables the creation of opportunities for older people to enjoy and participate in the arts. The ‘Late Style’ series of commissions supports leading professional artists, all of whom are over 70, to bring their original and exceptional artistic craft and insights to the theme of age. Eleven new works will reach a variety of spaces and audiences, between 2015 and 2017.
72 pages, Paperback
Published October 15, 2015
About the author
Douglas Dunn
82 books17 followersDouglas Eaglesham Dunn is a Scottish poet, academic and critic.
He was a Professor of English at the University of St Andrews from 1991, becoming Director of the University's Scottish Studies Centre in 1993 until his retirement in September 2008. He is now an Honorary Professor at St Andrews, still undertaking postgraduate supervision in the School of English. He was a member of the Scottish Arts Council (1992–1994). He holds an honorary doctorate (LL.D., law) from the University of Dundee, an honorary doctorate (D.Litt., literature) from the University of Hull and St Andrews. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1981, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2003. Terry Street, Dunn's first collection of poems, appeared in 1969 and received a Scottish Arts Council Book Award as well as a Somerset Maugham Award.
He was a Professor of English at the University of St Andrews from 1991, becoming Director of the University's Scottish Studies Centre in 1993 until his retirement in September 2008. He is now an Honorary Professor at St Andrews, still undertaking postgraduate supervision in the School of English. He was a member of the Scottish Arts Council (1992–1994). He holds an honorary doctorate (LL.D., law) from the University of Dundee, an honorary doctorate (D.Litt., literature) from the University of Hull and St Andrews. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1981, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2003. Terry Street, Dunn's first collection of poems, appeared in 1969 and received a Scottish Arts Council Book Award as well as a Somerset Maugham Award.
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