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https://thetwig.com/book/9798992788617"Connected Works" is an innovative composition, the first half consisting of poetry and the second of essays on related topics. The whole can be seen as a meditation on the idea of, and the need for, connection. One theme is the rejection of binary thinking. Both/and is preferred to either/or - as it says in A Journey to the Western Isles, the islands “are poetry and they are prose.”
Praise for Connected Works
“There is an old world sensitivity to these poems. We voyage out from England’s courtly shores, pausing by the poet’s family roots in the furthest Hebrides, and arc round and to and fro across the Great Atlantic to a New World, returning (as it were) on the sanctus bell of Eliot’s perpetual angelus.” - Alastair McIntosh, author of Soil and Soul, Poacher’s Pilgrimage and the poetry Collection, “Love and Revolution”
“Very few things in this world delight our interest as much as intersections, particularly those which shift and are porous - permeable to what we sometimes call ‘spirit.’ Or, as Andrew Morrison observes in this enchanting collection:
…our lives have purpose, meaning, value/but the meaning shifts as easily/ as light reflecting from this pond…
In this resplendent volume, we find ourselves at the intersection of poetry and prose, at the junction of language and the unspeakable. We find ourselves exploring the richness of place (Scotland, in particular), faith, and poetry. One could not ask for a better tour guide nor a more fascinating journey.” - James R. Dennis, award-winning author of Songs of Seven Days, Listening Devices, Correspondence in D Minor, and co-author of the novels of Miles Arcenaux
“Morrison elegantly weaves personal experiences, cultural reflections, and philosophical inquiries together in this collection. His nature descriptions are unique and evocative…a diverse and ambitious collection…” - Kirkus Reviews
ANDREW MORRISON, VISCOUNT DUNROSSIL
Andrew Morrison, Viscount Dunrossil was born in London and educated at Eton and Oxford, where he co-founded the Oxford Literary Society and ran its weekly poetry workshop. He moved to the US while working for a British bank. He is a former chairman of the American Financial Services Association. In retirement he has devoted much of his time to Scottish organizations. He is the Vice Chairman of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, an Honorary Patron of the American-Scottish Foundation and is the Honorary Consul for the UK in San Antonio.His poetry has appeared in magazines in the UK and the US. It was described by Jeffrey Levine, the founding editor of the Tupelo Press, as “mature, inspired, and deeply thoughtful.” Connected Works is a unique project, combing poetry and essays on related subjects. It can be seen as a meditation on the idea of, and the need for, connection.Andrew’s father was a Scot, his mother English, and he considers himself the heir, the product, of both the Gaelic and Anglican traditions. A common, vital element in both of these traditions is poetry.
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