Review of Dat Trickster Sun
Christine De Luca writes in both English and Shetlandic (a blend of Norse and Old Scots). Although she deals in Dat Trickster Sun (Mariscat) with division and rupture - from the seismic convulsions as islands are born, to human insularity and loneliness - she finds, in the beauty of her birthplace and the remarkable flexibility of its language, images that repair and restore. De Luca's voice is distinctive and different, but at the same time "sib [related] tae da hale wirld": a valuable and vigorous addition to the varied gene pool of contemporary British poetry.
'Pamphleteers', Andrew McCulloch, Times Literary Supplement, November 2014
Poems
- Talking MindfulnessMariscat, 2014
- DiscontinuityScottish Poetry Library, 2012 High Low
- DNAThe Island Review, 2013 Low