Born Sacred
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Govanhill Mythology
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Govanhill Mythology is a poetry collection on change, transmission, community, appearance, language, and sound. It peers through the kaleidoscope of Govanhill, Scotland’s most culturally diverse area, through its many years and eyes. It draws on literary traditions from Ireland and the Western Isles to Paris as tools to understand an area where the streets are principally named after royalty, but the poverty is rife.
Through both a modern and historic lens, Johnstone divulges into the landscape and living conditions in one of Glasgow’s most deprived areas. We are taken on a philological journey through an intercultural melting-pot of marginalisation that is redeemed in its raw sense of community.
Shane Johnstone is a Glaswegian poet, translator, and novelist. His poetry in Gaelic, Scots and English has been widely published in Scotland, and his first novel was published by Arkbound Publishing in 2020. He is a Gaelic nursery practitioner and French translator. In his spare time, Shane is a passionate musician who loves going on adventures with his two sons and reading the works of other like-minded creatives.
