Goonie - Michael Mullen

SHORTLISTED FOR FORWARD PRIZE BEST FIRST COLLECTION 2025''Goonie is a boisterously brilliant collection that sings like the mother of all songbirds'' Michael Pedersen, author of The Cat Prince''An absolute beauty of a book by an absolute beauty of a writer. Goonie is an essential tribute to life and fight and love and language'' Hollie McNish, author of Lobster''I''ve enjoyed Michael Mullen''s poems since the moment I first encountered them. He is brave and funny, Glasgow-gallus and compassionate . . . Goonie announces a real new talent'' Kathleen Jamie, author and former Scottish Makar''This is gorgeous, maximalist poetry, playful and glittering but rooted in anger and honesty, a sensual Technicolor shot of Scots joy. I will be raving about this for years'' Kirstin Innes, author of Scabby Queen''These poems are tender weapons that will smash through any apathy that still remains towards the Scots language, they are pulsing with humour and wit but the reverence that Mullen gives to every day moments, characters and life make me realise there is always more to learn, more to see, deeper to go. I have no doubt Goonie is a new Scottish classic'' Leyla Josephine, Forward Prize-winning poetGoonie is the raw and joyful debut collection from award-winning Scottish poet and spoken word artist Michael Mullen. Whether exploring queerness through fierce lyrical poetry or celebrating Mullen''s beloved Scotland through vernacular vignettes, Goonie''s main preoccupation is with how we fo
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