Jim Ferguson

Excluding brief periods of exile in Edinburgh, Wales, and England, Jim Ferguson has lived in the Glasgow area since his birth in 1961. Jim has published a poetry collection, The Art of Catching a Bus (AK Press), and a novella, A Scottish Tour (Whirlpool Press). Photo by A. Valliard.

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