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Waukendremes, 2

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Bill Herbert

The opposite of falling asleep while reading must be, exactly, waking up while writing. I’ve had, as most writers have, the experience of waking with a phrase or an entire poem in my head; or of remembering at the point … Continue reading →

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Dehydrating the Narrative

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Bill Herbert

I think of my seven/fourteen tweet pieces and those of my colleagues in Chimera Group such as George Szirtes or James Knight, or the tweet series of Jeff Noon, or his group Echovirus12, not so much as prose poems as … Continue reading →

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Daft Globe: Syd Barrett and Dark Whimsy

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Bill Herbert

(I’ve been vaguely attempting to push on with my next post about Leonora Carrington, which focuses on Mexico City, but in fact have been obsessing about Syd Barrett instead. Somehow, not only are these two subjects related, but Barrett seems … Continue reading →

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Scotlit’s subliminal awards

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Bill Herbert

(A version of this article appeared in Scotland on Sunday in January 2004. It reflects on the shift in policy on the part of the Scottish Arts Council from giving a series of small awards to giving one large one.) … Continue reading →

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