Tag Archives: J.H. Prynne

Ed-Dorn-Burgh Review

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Bill Herbert

Edward Dorn, Collected Poems (Carcanet), 995pp, £25 (This review of Dorn appeared in Edinburgh Review 139.) In several key ways Ed Dorn’s magisterial Collected Poems is a bridge between the late Modernist milieu of Black Mountain poetics within which he … Continue reading →

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The Nay I Know Not Seamless Garment Garment

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Bill Herbert

An eminently sensible question from a former student, ‘Do you have different blogs for a reason? Maybe you should just choose one and stick to it?’ has made me go over this old niggle from a new angle. Whether we’re … Continue reading →

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unglish for all!

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Bill Herbert

(This review of Kinsella, Hartley Williams and Lumsden appeared in Poetry London in (probably) Winter 2005. On reflection, it was a near-perfect triumvirate of writers to give me, as each of them illustrates some aspect of what I think of … Continue reading →

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homeless words

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Bill Herbert

(This little review of the NE magister MacSweeney was for Scotland on Sunday, and was written in June 2003.) Occasionally, in the middle of the night, those who knew Barry MacSweeney would receive questionable phonecalls. He had a wry, lilting … Continue reading →

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