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Quines

Poems in tribute to women of Scotland

By (author) Gerda Stevenson
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Published: 1st Mar 2020
Dimensions: w 136mm h 207mm d 14mm
Weight: 205g
ISBN-10: 1913025500
ISBN-13: 9781913025502
Barcode No: 9781913025502
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Singers, politicians, a fish-gutter, queens, a dancer, a marine engineer, a salt seller, sportswomen, scientists and many more - Quines celebrates and explores the richly diverse contribution women have made to Scottish history and society.

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Quines is a vivid explosion of thought, description and bold opinion, clothing Scots history at last with the myriad contribution of its women. Gerda Stevenson personifies figures often left as dry as dust and reinstates the dignity and complexity of female characters who have helped shape society and reach across the centuries to modern women today. Her use of Scots language and Gaelic phrasing adds authenticity and smeddum. This is a wonderful, life-affirming book. - LESLEY RIDDOCH




Clutch this book of wondrous odes to your bosom - it will gladden your heart, sadden it but also fill you with pride. What women they were that birthed our Scottish nation and here they are, exquisitely brought to vibrant life, by that contemporary cultural quine, Gerda Stevenson. -BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY QC




There's a telling verse about Jesus in Mark's gospel: 'Where did this man get all this? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?' The italics tell the story. The sisters are not named! And rarely have been in a history written by men. In this piercingly challenging and beautiful collection by Gerda Stevenson they are being named at last. And reading it bites the heart. - RICHARD HOLLOWAY