Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland
Tapsalteerie
Published 1st November 2025.
"Dwell Time', the full-length debut from award winning writer Taylor Strickland, begins from the idea that "dwelling' requires both place and the experience of "being-in-the-world'. In taking us from the US to Scotland to Portugal, Strickland interrogates this central notion, along with ideas of non-place and environment, to explore our contemporary experience of love, family, language, technology, career, and spirituality. Ultimately these are poems that advocate for a world against isolation, one in which we go beyond our own witness to embrace another's, and shrink the distance between us. Taylor Strickland is a poet and translator from the US. His book Dastram/Delirium was 2023 Scottish Poetry Book of the Year and a PBS Translation Choice. His work has featured in Poetry London, the TLS, New Statesman, and more. His poetry has been The Scotsman Poem of the Week, shortlisted for several prizes, and translated into Irish and Italian. "The Low Road' was adapted by American composer, Andrew Kohn, and performed in Orkney. Nine Whales, Tiree, a film-poem made with filmmaker Olivia Booker and composer Fee Blumenthaler, was selected for Bloomsday and Glasgow Cathedral festivals, among others. He lives in Glasgow, with his wife, Lauren, and daughter, Eimhir.
"Dwell Time', the full-length debut from award winning writer Taylor Strickland, begins from the idea that "dwelling' requires both place and the experience of "being-in-the-world'. In taking us from the US to Scotland to Portugal, Strickland interrogates this central notion, along with ideas of non-place and environment, to explore our contemporary experience of love, family, language, technology, career, and spirituality. Ultimately these are poems that advocate for a world against isolation, one in which we go beyond our own witness to embrace another's, and shrink the distance between us. Taylor Strickland is a poet and translator from the US. His book Dastram/Delirium was 2023 Scottish Poetry Book of the Year and a PBS Translation Choice. His work has featured in Poetry London, the TLS, New Statesman, and more. His poetry has been The Scotsman Poem of the Week, shortlisted for several prizes, and translated into Irish and Italian. "The Low Road' was adapted by American composer, Andrew Kohn, and performed in Orkney. Nine Whales, Tiree, a film-poem made with filmmaker Olivia Booker and composer Fee Blumenthaler, was selected for Bloomsday and Glasgow Cathedral festivals, among others. He lives in Glasgow, with his wife, Lauren, and daughter, Eimhir.
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