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John Burnside

John Burnside lives in East Fife, Scotland, where he teaches at the University of St. Andrews. His fifth novel, The Devil’s Footprints, and a collection of poems, Gift Songs, were published by Jonathan Cape in spring 2007.

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Essays & Memoir|The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir|The Online Edition

Defining Betrayal

Various Contributors

‘As soon as we’ve uncovered and neutralized one strain of self-deception then another is ready to take its place’

Poetry|The Online Editionpadlock
Poetry|The Online Editionpadlock

Postscript

John Burnside

'the trees / are slender in the way that things / are almost, though not quite / absent'

Fiction|The Online Edition
Fiction|The Online Edition

The Day Etta Died

John Burnside

The Day Etta Died I was marking a stack of essays on Frank O’Hara and...

Fiction|The Online Edition
Fiction|The Online Edition

Self-Portrait as Amnesiac

John Burnside

Photo by Adam Levine. Self-portrait as Amnesiac I never saw the fauna of this world,...

Art & Photography|The Online Editionpadlock
Art & Photography|The Online Editionpadlock

Home

John Burnside & et al

  A wall of Post-it notes commemorating a riot; scrawled graffiti on a backstreet wall;...

Interviews|The Online Edition
Interviews|The Online Edition

Interview: John Burnside

John Burnside & Rachael Allen

John Burnside made his first contribution to Granta in issue 94: On the Road Again....

Fiction|The Online Editionpadlock
Fiction|The Online Editionpadlock

The Limeroom

John Burnside

‘I was discovering this deep reserve of patience I never knew I had, and I was surprised at how rich it was.’

Essays & Memoir|The Online Editionpadlock
Essays & Memoir|The Online Editionpadlock

How to Fly

John Burnside

‘I flew for the first time when I was nine years old.’

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