Tag Archives: Peter McCarey

Micro-reviews (2): Desperate Fishwives

Posted on April 15, 2022 by W N Herbert

Here’s another enthusiastic response to being asked to read a book, this time one by the very fine Lindsay MacGregor, who first studied then taught at Dundee Uni, who hosts the Ladybank Platform readings, is part of StAnza’s constellation of … Continue reading →

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The Great Slowing Down versus Poet MacDiarmid (1)

Posted on April 6, 2022 by W N Herbert

I find in recent years two phenomena have influenced my diminished ability to write reflectively on ‘what’s happening’ (ie to maintain this blog). One is distracting phrases form in my mind with big, mock-serious, near-Germanic capitals at their heads: the … Continue reading →

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Portrait of an Informationist, (or, The Kind of Found Poetry I Want)

Posted on May 21, 2016 by W N Herbert

(About 11 months ago, I did one of those Facebook ‘challenge’ chains – post a poem each day for five days; challenge five others to do the same – which are just an excuse to share new work. Most of … Continue reading →

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Once Were Informationists

Posted on December 22, 2011 by W N Herbert

(This review of Peter McCarey’s collected pamphlets appeared in Edinburgh Review 132, and is a look at what some Scottish poets did post-MacDiarmid and pre-Internet.) Peter McCarey, Collected Contraptions (Carcanet), 173pp, £14.95 Truth is sunk in information (‘Variations for Richard … Continue reading →

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