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AJourneyBacktoNewcastle:MichaelSmith'sDeepNorth MichaelSmithgoesinsearchoftheNewcastleofhisyouth.ApproachingtheToonfromtheTyne,hebelievestheplacehasmoreincommonwithBalticCityStatesthanLondon,wherehenowlives.HearguesthatthereareinfactseveralNorths;unliketheSouth,whereeverythingiscenteredonLondon'sinescapableblackholegravity,theNorthhaspluralaccentsandpluralidentities.TheNorthEastisthefarnorth,theDeepNorthofthetitle,remoteanddisconnectedfromthisaxis.AsfarastheNorthEastisconcerned,LeedsandManchestermayaswellbeinthemidlands.Smith'sNorthisalandapartentirely,andalandthatdefinesitselfbythisbasicfact.Asmallconurbationclusteredbythecoast,separatedfromthemainrumpbymilesandmilesofruralemptiness.DeepNorthisalyricalmeditationonNewcastleandtheNorthEast,andultimately,asubjectiveandpersonalresponseofaprodigalsonreturning.