Melt and Solve

An experimental work from the critically acclaimed poet, inspired by a head injury and concussion he suffered in 2013.

About the author

Roddy Lumsden (born 1966) is a Scottish poet, who was born in St Andrews. He has published five collections of poetry, a number of chapbooks and a collection of trivia, as well as editing a generational anthology of British and Irish poets of the 1990s and 2000s, Identity Parade. He lives in London where he teaches for The Poetry School. He died in January 2020.

Summary

In 2013 the poet Roddy Lumsden suffered a serious concussion. The head injury left him devoid of creativity, impersonating himself in an effort to rediscover his own identity. Four months later, a late night conversation led to a radical experiment that would see him return to writing with a daring project. This book is that extraordinary work.

Product details

• Authors: Roddy Lumsden
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.10.2016
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry
• EAN: 9781784630423
• ISBN: 978-1-78463-042-3
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.8 x 0.9 cm
• Series: Salt Modern Poets; Salt Modern Poets
• Subjects: POETRY / General; Poetry by individual poets; Poetry / poems by individual poets