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All members of Scottish PEN subscribe to the PEN Charter.
For some, the title Transparencies will recall family photos of the 1960s and 70s, and many of the poems in this collection are indeed nostalgic. But the book is mostly about the transparency of existence, as veils of meaning dissolve and reform, both in the physical world and in those areas of language, memory and love that most define us.
PENning, the Writers in Exile Committee’s biannual online journal, presents work by Scottish PEN’s member-writers alongside writing from people living in Scotland who are from other parts of the world.
