Böcker av Alan Golding

Collects Alan Golding's essays on the futures (past and present) of poetry and poetics. Throughout the 13 essays gathered in this collection, Golding skillfully joins literary critique with a concern for history and a sociological inquiry into the creation of poetry.

A chapter of my life, of 'Waiting', or so it seemed. And born of that time, this toe in the water of imagery and words. An indulgence.'Waiting' came from a chapter during which the landscape of my life changed dramatically. A pivotal time of roller coastering emotions and forays into ventures, loves and creative aspirations.It is, as I refer to it, an indulgence. A first collection of photographs that reflected my many moods and my less than contrived scattering of words that found their way to paper to sit with the images.It reflects a stage during which I saw myself more often than not as waiting for someone, Something, or perhaps a lightning bolt of divine inspiration.Time of course, has moved on, and the next chapter unfolds as this book sits upon your table. Each photograph a moment of my eyes time through a lens. Capturing a moment. Projecting a dream. Every shot able to send me back instantly to how I was feeling as I stood there and cast me once again into a swirl of dreams.For you of course, this is a very different experience. And my only hope of these worded pages is that I am able to provoke.... A response, a dream, a fantasy, a desire, a memory, a hope.For my greatest skill I have often thought, is that of provoking a response.Spend time with this book. And allow each couple of images a day to settle before moving through the pages. Allow your life and it to share a wee while. For waiting is an aquaintance you have just made. And all I ask is that you savour this meeting.