Tom Pow on the legacy of Alastair Reid in his centenary year

Tom Pow on the legacy of Alastair Reid in his centenary year

Alastair Reid was born in Galloway in 1926. An internationalist, travel writer, essayist, football reporter, children’s writer and translator, he is often most remembered as a poet. A former patron of Wigtown Book Festival, his legacy is recognised in the Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize, one of the Wigtown Poetry Prizes. Here, Dumfries poet Tom Pow, a friend, and editor of the 2018 poetry collection Barefoot, writes in memory of Reid in his centena…