Of all the experiences in her university career, AS
specifically names readings at Aberdeen by eminent Scottish writers Alasdair Gray
, Jim Kelman
, and Liz Lochhead
as having the kind of vibrancy that splits...
Friends, Associates
Jackie Kay
Her friendship with a gay man called Alastair Cameron
began during her schooldays. She later became close to a Scottish writer of an older generation, Liz Lochhead
, and liked and admired the yet more...
Friends, Associates
Liz Lochhead
LL
's friends include many Scottish writers: Alasdair Gray
(who studied at the Glasgow School of Art
before her, and whose sketch of her made in September 1970 illustrates a recent collection of her poems),...
Literary responses
Jackie Kay
Her English teacher at school was sufficiently impressed to show these poems to the Glasgow artist and writer Alasdair Gray
,
Kay, Jackie. Red Dust Road. Pan Macmillan, 2010.
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and Gray's first words to the schoolgirl Kay were Well, there's no doubt...
Textual Production
Liz Lochhead
LL
collaborated on two revues with Tom Leonard
and Alasdair Gray
: Tickly Mince and The Pie of Damocles.
Damocles was menaced by a sword suspended over his head; a custard pie is the...