Tag Archives: Bloodaxe Books

Renga City (2)

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Bill Herbert

(Part 1 of this article is on the StAnza blog here.) 2. Ha (Observing the rules and departing from them) i. As a set of principles Like any art form that has been practised for hundreds of years, renga is systematised to … Continue reading →

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Blurbalicious

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Bill Herbert

The art of the poetry blurb is such a particular thing, and, as I’m asked to perform it with increasing frequency, I find myself wondering whether or not I do so from a sufficiently principled stance. Below are the most … Continue reading →

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Apologia pro Omnesia

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Bill Herbert

(As Omnesia appears to be out, it’s time to begin whatever it is which that tautology ‘the immodest author’ does by way of product-promotion – the upfront-lash? Here then is the intro that appears in both volumes, and purports to … Continue reading →

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The Shock of Liberty

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Bill Herbert

(This review of Hass and Williams appeared in the Summer issue of Poetry Review.) Robert Hass, The Apple Trees at Olema: New and Selected poems (Bloodaxe), 352pp, £15; C.K. Williams, Wait (Bloodaxe), 125pp, £9.95 There is an exhilaration about reading … Continue reading →

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