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balancinghistorybooks's review
3.0
I received Home Ground, a city-wide initiative across Glasgow in cooperation with the writing festival Aye Write, for free on a visit to the library. I am not at all a fan of football, but as many of the inclusions within the anthology are more concerned with homelessness, I was rather looking forward to reading it. It is essentially a collection of new writing, edited by two Creative Writing lecturers at the University of Glasgow, where I am currently studying.
Of course, Home Ground is incredibly sad and quite moving, but there is also a hopefulness to some of the entries, which really helped to lift it. There were a few entries which did not appeal to me at all, but of course this does not make them any less important. Others were quite wonderful. Giving the homeless, or those who used to be homeless, a voice and a platform upon which to exercise it, cannot be underestimated. Home Ground is a quick read, but a meaningful one; it is a varied and far-reaching collection, with inventive contributions.
Of course, Home Ground is incredibly sad and quite moving, but there is also a hopefulness to some of the entries, which really helped to lift it. There were a few entries which did not appeal to me at all, but of course this does not make them any less important. Others were quite wonderful. Giving the homeless, or those who used to be homeless, a voice and a platform upon which to exercise it, cannot be underestimated. Home Ground is a quick read, but a meaningful one; it is a varied and far-reaching collection, with inventive contributions.
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