The second collection of poetry by Peter Mackay published by Acair. These poems probe the edges of the 'natural order of things' and what it means to explore knowledge, power, memory and play.
Peter Mackay (Pàdraig MacAoidh) (b. 1979) is a Scottish poet writing in Gaelic and English. He has an MLitt from the University of Glasgow and a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin. He is a Senior Lecturer in Literature at the School of English at the University of St. Andrews.
His poetry pamphlets and collections are From Another Island (Clutag, 2010), Gu Leòr (Acair, 2015) and Nàdar De = Some Kind of (Acair, 2021). He is also co-editor of the poetry anthologies An Leabhar Liath (Luath, 2016), 100 Dàn as Fheàrr Leinn (Luasth, 2020) and The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse (Canongate, 2021).