“I am a chorus in search of a tragedy, a raker of middens in the industrial North.
“I am a genius in an obscure line of business. Try me a little.
“I may have something you can use.”
The author & artist Alasdair Gray (1934–2019) was born #OTD, 28 Dec
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4N9Drwmcht5lN3GV2NlhgK1/alasdair-gray-at-80-under-the-helmet
“I am a genius in an obscure line of business. Try me a little.
“I may have something you can use.”
The author & artist Alasdair Gray (1934–2019) was born #OTD, 28 Dec
1/5
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4N9Drwmcht5lN3GV2NlhgK1/alasdair-gray-at-80-under-the-helmet
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David Betteridge takes a dauner down Glasgow’s Byres Road to view public art by Alasdair Gray
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https://www.culturematters.org.uk/a-well-built-wall/
@rodgeglass.bsky.social on Alasdair Gray
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https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/01/22/alasdair-gray-the-man-and-the-work/
—Alasdair Gray describes his BOOK OF PREFACES (2000) to Willy Maley
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https://willymaley.scot/2020/06/27/portraits-and-prefaces/
ALASDAIR GRAY: I say it is a Scottish petit bourgeois model of the universe.
I: Just like that?
AG: Yes, I’ve rehearsed it and honed it down to as few words as possible.
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/30/alasdair-gray-lanark-sarah-ditum-appreciation