Publisher: uHlanga, South Africa
In Douglas Reid
Skinner’s eighth book of poems, a lifetime of writing becomes the
writing of a lifetime. With verse ranging from the philosophical to the
surreal, Skinner ponders the most universal of questions and concerns –
how to live, and, perhaps more crucially, how to die. Through landscapes
of ploughed fields, dream highways, and building sites alike, our human
concepts of memory and literature are observed, retraced, or even
deconstructed. Behind the easy intelligence and humour, Skinner remains a
flagbearer for the traditions of South African poetry in English. Poems
are written for writers and loved ones who have passed, others for
those who have most of their years to come – all held in expert balance
by a master of his art.
£17.00
About the author
DOUGLAS REID SKINNER was born in Upington, has published six collections of poems, most recently, Liminal (2017), and one new & selected. Alone or with an associate, he has published eight books of translation, most recently Poesie Scelte: Selected Poems, translated from the Italian of Marco Fazzini (2020). He is editor of Stanzas poetry magazine, and the English editor and a translator for the AVBOB Poetry Project.
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