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 & MemoirEssays & 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’
PoetryPoetry
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Poetry
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Postscript
John Burnside
'the trees / are slender in the way that things / are almost, though not quite / absent'
FictionFiction | 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...
FictionFiction | 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 & PhotographyArt & Photography
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Art & Photography
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Home
John Burnside & et al
A wall of Post-it notes commemorating a riot; scrawled graffiti on a backstreet wall;...
InterviewsInterviews | 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....
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Fiction
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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.’
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Essays & Memoir
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How to Fly
John Burnside
‘I flew for the first time when I was nine years old.’