Afternoons Go Nowhere is poet Sheenagh Pugh's tenth collection. An acute understanding of the human condition enlivens these poems: the foibles of historical kings, queens and commoners are exposed to her sharply scrutinising eye. There is a notable sequence of poems about Canadian provinces as well as work inspired by her home in Shetland.

Afternoons Go Nowhere

Literature & Fiction

Pugh, Sheenagh

Poetry

Seren

Here is the best of Sheenagh PughOCOs early work: a generous and wide-ranging selection from her first four collections, together with two dozen previously unpublished pieces Notable inclusions are the prize-winning 'M.S.A' and 'Intercity Lullaby', and the much-anthologised 'Sometimes.' Throughout, a lively and enquiring mind is brought to bear on how we live and die, and how we might live more equitably. Sheenagh Pugh approaches her subject unpredictably, through Norse saga and snooker, apartheid and falling tortoises, in a poetry of invention and conviction At the heart of the book is the Earth Studies sequence, a history of the world in 19 poemsOCO, and the first major environmental poem of the green era. Set in the indeterminate future, it explores the rise of human civilisation, and abuse of the Earth, following them to their logical conclusion: the death of the planet. Ironic, lyrical, penetrating, these poems typify the craft and passion of Sheenagh PughOCOs writing. Selected Poems ends with a section of PughOCOs much-admired translations, of German poets such as Simon Dach, Andreas Gryphius and Christian Hofmann von Hofmannswaldau."

Selected Poems: Sheenagh Pugh (Border Lines)

A strange assortment of characters inhabit these poems, including George Mackay Brown, Johnny Cash, William Dampier, a lion-keeper in wartime Afganistan, and a shipload of sailors in a Shetland churchyard. The long central work of the collection provides an elegiac meditation on the life and death of a young soldier who succumbed to hypothermia during the Napoleonic Wars. Finally, and quite unexpectedly, the poem "Googlisms" provides an outpouring of quirky definitions from a website that collects information from the search engine Google.

The Movement of Bodies

Fandoms as diverse as Jane Austen, Blake's 7, and The Bill are explored in this guide to the cultural phenomenon of fan fiction. Examining how anonymous authors bring their own gloss and invention to their favorite novels, films, and TV series; develop characters; expand narratives; and, in the slash genre, explore homosexual relationships between otherwise heterosexual characters, this analysis covers fanfic terminology, its mechanisms for participation and support, the differences between fan fiction and conventional publishing, and the genre's literary merits.

The Democratic Genre: Fan Fiction in a Literary Context

Exploring the theme of traveling in depth, this new collection of poems has a pervasive, elegiac quality, which demonstrates the many different types of journeys—both real and imagined—that one must face in life. These incisive narratives work more by implication than explication with shorter lines; brief poignant descriptions; and minimalist dialogue.

Long Haul Travellers

Renowned for her use of traditional meter, clarity of style, and originality of subject matter, this is the most complete collection of Pugh’s poems to date. Including works from the past 25 years and organized chronologically, this volume features poems that are reflective, subtly persuasive, and in which themes are often subverted, truisms reversed, and clichés overthrownrevealing a skilled yet unobtrusive poetic voice at the height of her career.

Sheenagh Pugh: Later Selected Poems

The true story of a widow bringing up her family in a problem-ridden, unpredictable Lerwick in the hungry 1840s. This modern fiction tackles tragedy and joy, hope and despair.

Kirstie's Witnesses

History

Europe

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