Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c1698–c1770), also known as Alexander MacDonald, was a Scottish Gaelic poet, lexicographer, military officer, and Gaelic language tutor to Charles Edward Stuart, popularly known as “Bonnie Prince Charlie.” Taylor Strickland is an award-winning poet and translator whose most recent book is Dwell Time. His collection Dastram/Delirium won the Saltire Society Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year.

"[Dares Paradise] reads like a love letter to Scottish Gaelic. . . . The words often seem to vibrate, as if in some attempt to lift themselves from the page, needing to be spoken. . . . Strickland ultimately provides a shiny new set of coordinates for Scotland on the global literary map, marking another great historical text that has emerged from its lands."---Oscar Duffield, Asymptote

Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c1698–c1770), also known as Alexander MacDonald, was a Scottish Gaelic poet, lexicographer, military officer, and Gaelic language tutor to Charles Edward Stuart, popularly known as “Bonnie Prince Charlie.” Taylor Strickland is an award-winning poet and translator whose most recent book is Dwell Time. His collection Dastram/Delirium won the Saltire Society Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year.

"[Dares Paradise] reads like a love letter to Scottish Gaelic. . . . The words often seem to vibrate, as if in some attempt to lift themselves from the page, needing to be spoken. . . . Strickland ultimately provides a shiny new set of coordinates for Scotland on the global literary map, marking another great historical text that has emerged from its lands."---Oscar Duffield, Asymptote

Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c1698–c1770), also known as Alexander MacDonald, was a Scottish Gaelic poet, lexicographer, military officer, and Gaelic language tutor to Charles Edward Stuart, popularly known as “Bonnie Prince Charlie.” Taylor Strickland is an award-winning poet and translator whose most recent book is Dwell Time. His collection Dastram/Delirium won the Saltire Society Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year.

"[Dares Paradise] reads like a love letter to Scottish Gaelic. . . . The words often seem to vibrate, as if in some attempt to lift themselves from the page, needing to be spoken. . . . Strickland ultimately provides a shiny new set of coordinates for Scotland on the global literary map, marking another great historical text that has emerged from its lands."---Oscar Duffield, Asymptote