Duncan Glen & Akros: Forty Years of a Scottish Press
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Article
Abstract
This catalogue records the first major exhibition outside Scotland about one of the most influential of modem Scottish literary publishers, Akros Publications, and its founder, Duncan Glen. Professor Glen, a graphic designer as well as poet and publisher, published over 300 separate items by many of the best known Scottish writers, in a variety of strikingly-designed and colorful publication formats. The University of South Carolina has, as part of the Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns & Scottish Poetry, the fullest Akros collection in the U.S. The catalogue includes an introduction by Duncan Glen, and narrative descriptions for over 100 items, telling the story of his press, his publishing career, and his important role in the later publishing career of the leading Scottish Renaissance poet Hugh MacDiarmid.
Publication Info
2002.