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- English
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About this book
In this frank, playful and typically unorthodox collection of essays, Alasdair Gray tells of how his early life experiences influenced his writing, including the creation of those landmarks of literature, Lanark and 1982, Janine. He details the inspirations behind his many acclaimed artworks and murals, and makes clear how his moral, social and political beliefs and his work are inextricably linked.
Incisive, funny and fired with passion, Of Me and Others is as much about people, place and politics as it is about Gray's own life in art.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- An Epigraph
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- 1987 Middle Age Self Portrait
- 2012 Another not Scotland
- 1951–2013 Childhood Reading
- 1993 Childhood Writing and Mr Meikle
- 1952 Two Whitehill School Magazine Essays
- 1957 Epic Painting: Art School Thesis
- 1959 A Report to The Trustees
- 1960 World of 4 To 7: Teaching College Thesis
- 1964 Apology for My Recent Death
- 1969 Instead of An Apology
- 1973 Of Bill Skinner, Small Thistle
- 1974 A Retrospective Catalogue – Introduction
- 1975 Of Gable-End Murals – A Letter
- 1975 New Lanark Craft Community
- 1977 Writers Groups and A Resident’s Report
- 1978 Of Joan Ure: Playwright
- 1981 Lanark: Epilogue
- 1982 Two Wee Articles
- 1983 Modest Proposal for Bypassing a Predicament
- 1984 1982 Janine: Epilogue
- 1985 Of Alasdair Taylor, Painter
- 1985 Of R. D. Laing
- 1986 Of Scottie Wilson
- 1986 Five Glasgow Artists Show: Catalogue Essay
- 1986 Of John Glashan – A Letter
- 1988 Of Ian Hamilton Finlay – A Letter
- 1989 A Radio Talk on Allegory for Scottish Schools
- 1990 Of Elspeth King – A Friend Unfairly Treated
- 1990 Mcgrotty and Ludmilla: Epilogue
- 1990 Preface to J. Withers’ Glasgow Archipelago
- 1990 Something Leather: Epilogue
- 1990 Of Pierre Lavalle – Catalogue Introduction
- 1991 Of Andrew Sykes – Short Story Postscript
- 1991 The Fall of Kelvin Walker: Introduction
- 1992 Poor Things: Acknowledgements, Prologue
- 1993 Of Anthony Burgess – Obituary
- 1994 Of Jack Vettriano
- 1995 Lean Tales: Postscript
- 1996 Of Bill MacLellan – Obituary
- 1997 Working Legs: How This Play Got Written
- 1999 Preface to Books of Jonah, Micah & Nahum
- 2000 The Book of Prefaces: Postscript
- 2000 16 Occasional Verses: Endnotes
- 2003 Fifteenth February
- 2004 Of Susan Boyd – Obituary
- 2004 The Declaration of Calton Hill
- 2004 Introduction to The Knuckle End
- 2005 Of Philip Hobsbaum – Obituary
- 2006 Self Portraiture
- 2006 New Kelvingrove
- 2007 London Won’t Let Us
- 2008 Of Archie Hind – Dear Green Place Epilogue
- 2008 FLECK: Postscript
- 2009 Old Men In Love: Epilogue by S. Workman
- 2009 An Upper Clyde Falls Mural
- 2012 Hillhead Subway Station Mural
- 2013 Of John Connolly – Obituary
- 2013 Of Will Self
- 2013 Of Bill Hamilton
- 2018 Hell: Dante’s Trilogy Part 1: Foreword
- Last Epigraph