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Welcome to the web site of poet Gerry Cambridge.
Read poems from his published books and examples of his prose, both literary and autobiographical, which have appeared in numerous periodicals. There are also samples of Cambridge's natural history photography and an ongoing gallery of pictures featuring writers, poets, musicians and artists. Some of his more specialist natural history images can be seen here under "Photographers".
Gerry Cambridge is the founder editor of the highly regarded poetry journal The Dark Horse, and has considerable interests in print design and typography. He occasionally plays harmonica as part of a duo with the Scottish singer-songwriter Neil Thomson. See the "harmonica" page for audio files of his numerous musical collaborations.
In October 2006 Cambridge was the Scottish Poetry Library's first ever "virtual poet".
He was a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at the University of Edinburgh for 2006-2009, where he was based part-time in the Schools of Biological Sciences and of Physics. He is the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Glasgow Caledonian University, based part-time in the Department of Cultural Business, for 2010-2012.
Funding assistance for readings or workshops in Scotland is available through the Live Literature Scotland scheme. Details of any upcoming readings can be found on the 'News' page.
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Details and purchase information about Cambridge's new book, Notes for Lighting a Fire can be seen by clicking on the banner link above. Aves, Cambridge's previous book, can be ordered online at the LRB Bookshop, here.The photography page has been updated with numerous new images of Scottish and American poets.
Web site created in December 2004 by A.B. Jackson and maintained and updated since by Gerry Cambridge. All text and images © Gerry Cambridge 2012.
This website was last updated on the 5th of February, 2012.
The Scottish-American Poetry Magazine
Issue 28 will appear in March 2012. Read archived poems, reviews, interviews and essays from The Dark Horse online.
The magazine has published: Edwin Morgan, Seamus Heaney, Philip Hobsbaum, John Lucas, Wendy Cope, Anthony Hecht, Douglas Dunn, Anne Stevenson, Timothy Murphy, X.J. Kennedy, Iain Crichton Smith, George Mackay Brown, Richard Wilbur, Donald Davie, Kay Ryan, Helena Nelson, Donald Justice, David Mason, Dana Gioia, G. F. Dutton, Stewart Conn and many more.
