All posts by Kirsty Logan

May 3rd, 2010

Kirsty Logan: The Last Book I Loved, Selected Poems 1956-1968

My copy of Leonard Cohen’s Selected Poems 1956-1968 is not actually mine. I stole it from my childhood home eight years ago.

When my parents split I was 18 years old, and it came down to me as the eldest child to sort through the attic full of books they had accumulated over their 25-year marriage. …more

March 4th, 2010

Ex-Nymphet

I’m 18, I’m standing under a spotlight with no clothes on, and the photographer is pointing at my thighs. …more

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Kirsty Logan is a writer, editor, teacher, reviewer, and general layabout. She likes bad horror films and sticking pins in maps. She lives with her girlfriend in Scotland, in a tenement flat full of guitars, half-read books, and chandeliers. Get in touch at kirstylogan.com.

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