My father was one of those men who sit in a room and you can feel it: the simmer, the sense of some unpredictable force that might, at any moment, break loose, and do something terrible. [Burnside, p. 27]
That's the wonderful thing with nerds: they're enthusiasts. Not having a life means you get to love things with a passion and nobody bothers you abou… - John Burnside
That's the wonderful thing with nerds: they're enthusiasts. Not having a life means you get to love things with a passion and nobody bothers you abou…
- John Burnside
Our response to the world is essentially one of wonder, of confronting the mysterious with a sense, not of being small, or insignificant, but of bein… - John Burnside
Our response to the world is essentially one of wonder, of confronting the mysterious with a sense, not of being small, or insignificant, but of bein…
and because what we learn in the dark remains all our lives, a noise like the sea, displacing the day's pale knowledge, you'll come to yourself in a … - John Burnside
and because what we learn in the dark remains all our lives, a noise like the sea, displacing the day's pale knowledge, you'll come to yourself in a …
Andy Brown is one of our most interesting and exciting younger poets. With its love of ideas and language, his work demonstrates that there need be n… - John Burnside
Andy Brown is one of our most interesting and exciting younger poets. With its love of ideas and language, his work demonstrates that there need be n…
My father was one of those men who sit in a room and you can feel it: the simmer, the sense of some unpredictable force that might, at any moment, br… - John Burnside
My father was one of those men who sit in a room and you can feel it: the simmer, the sense of some unpredictable force that might, at any moment, br…
The definition of a page-turner really aught to be that this page is so good, you can't bear to leave it behind, but then the next page is there and … - John Burnside
The definition of a page-turner really aught to be that this page is so good, you can't bear to leave it behind, but then the next page is there and …
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