Up Late by Nick Laird Groundswell Speaker 2024 Fascinating' Ian Rankin

Fascinating' Ian Rankin

the links between owners and trees - these are only a few of the aspects of gardening lore that are discussed

The Velvet Underground represent ground zero

close enough to feel the heat of the lava

apparently out cold

Up Late by Nick Laird Groundswell Speaker 2024 Fascinating' Ian RankinNick Laird's powerful new collection reflects on the strange and chaotic times we live in. Reeling in the face of collapsing systems and the banalities and distortions of modern life, the poet confronts age old anxieties, questions of aloneness, friendship, illness and death, the push and pull of daily existence. Laird is a poet capable of heading off in any and every direction, where layers of association transport us from a harbour in County Cork to