Blending memoir, literary criticism, cultural history, and creative writing in an accessible narrative, Iestyn Tyne takes the reader on a thoroughly modern journey into the past.

Just over a century since Prosser Rhys won the National Eisteddfod Crown in 1924 with his controversial poem "Atgof ("Memory"), acclaimed Welsh writer Iestyn Tyne embarks on a literary journey that retraces the paths of this groundbreaking work. This creative non-fiction piece serves as both literary detective story and personal meditation on queer identity in Wales.

Tyne's exploration goes far beyond literary analysis, weaving together considerations of LGBTQ+ writing in Wales, censorship and prejudice, questions of roots and upbringing, habitat and migration, illness, and the complex dynamics of memory and identity. The work provides a vital contemporary perspective on one of Welsh literature's most significant yet contentious poems, which caused a sensation at the time due to its homosexual content.