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W. N. Herbert

Author of Strong Words: Modern Poets on Modern Poetry

21+ Works 175 Members

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Works by W. N. Herbert

Strong Words: Modern Poets on Modern Poetry (2000) 58 copies

Forked Tongue (1994) 18 copies

Bad Shaman Blues (2006) 15 copies

The Laurelude (1998) 14 copies

Jade Ladder: Contemporary Chinese Poetry (2012) — Editor/Translator — 12 copies

Cabaret McGonagall (1996) 11 copies

The Big Bumper Book of Troy (2002) 8 copies

Omnesia: [Remix] (2013) 7 copies

Omnesia: [Alternative Text] (2013) 6 copies

Writing Poetry (2010) 5 copies

Omnesia (alternative text) (2014) 4 copies

Gairfish discovery (1991) 3 copies

The Poetry Quartets 7: Scottish Poets (2000) 2 copies

Anither Music: Mappamundi of Scottish Poetry (1991) 2 copies

Dundee Doldrums: An Exorcism (1991) 2 copies

The Testament of the Reverend Thomas Dick (1993) 2 copies

To Circumjack MacDiarmid: Poetry and Prose of Hugh MacDiarmid (Oxford English Monographs) (1992) 2 copies

Brass Book 1 copy

Duende : a Dundee anthology (1991) 1 copy

Gairfish (1990) 1 copy

So At One With You: An Anthology of Modern Poetry in Somali 1 copy

Associated Works

Acid Plaid: New Scottish Writing (1997) — Contributor — 45 copies

Masters of British Literature, Volume B (2007) — Contributor — 22 copies

Where Rockets Burn Through: Contemporary Science Fiction Poems from the UK (2012) — Contributor — 10 copies

Sharawaggi: Poems in Scots (Poetry) (1996) — some editions — 7 copies

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Other names: Herbert, Bill
Birthdate: 1961
Gender: male
Education: Grove Academy, Dundee
University of Oxford (Brasenose College|PhD|1992)
Occupations: poet
university teacher
Organizations: Newcastle University (teacher)
Awards and honors: Dundee Makar (2013)
Royal Society of Literature (fellow|2015)
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Dundee, Scotland, UK
Associated Place (for map): Scotland, UK

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Yang Lian Editor/Translator

Brian Holton Editor/Translator

Xiaoyu Qin Editor

Lee Man-Kay Translator

Lu Yao Cover artist

Statistics

Works: 21
Also by: 4
Members: 175
Popularity: #122,546
Rating: 3.9

ISBNs: 21
Languages: 1

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