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John Burnside

John Burnside’s most recent novel is Glister. He teaches at the University of St Andrews.

Selected bibliography

  • Glister (2008)
  • A Lie about My Father (2006)
  • The Good Neighbour (2005)
  • Living Nowhere (2004)
  • The Light Trap (2002)
  • The Locust Room (2001)
  • Burning Elvis (2000)
  • The Asylum Dance (2000)
  • The Mercy Boys (1999)
  • The Dumb House (1997)
  • Feast Days (1992)

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In the LRB archive

subscriber-only content Two Poems · 4 December 2008

subscriber-only content Losing Helen · 24 April 2008

subscriber-only content Poem: ‘An Essay Concerning Light’ · 20 March 2008

subscriber-only content Two Poems · 1 December 2005

subscriber-only content Poem: ‘Old Man, Swimming’ · 4 August 2005

subscriber-only content Poem: ‘Responses to Augustine of Hippo. Part 3: De libero arbitrio’ · 19 May 2005

subscriber-only content Poem: ‘Homage to Greta Garbo’ · 2 September 2004

subscriber-only content Poem: ‘Shapeshifters’ · 1 April 2004

subscriber-only content Poem: ‘Haar’ · 8 January 2004

subscriber-only content Two Poems · 11 September 2003

subscriber-only content Poem: ‘Pentecost’ · 19 June 2003

subscriber-only content Poem: ‘By Kautokeino’ · 17 October 2002

subscriber-only content Poem: ‘The Last Man to Speak Ubykh’ · 22 August 2002

subscriber-only content Poem: ‘The Archaeology of Childhood’ · 23 May 2002

subscriber-only content Poem: ‘Koi’ · 5 April 2001

Not currently in the LRB archive

 not available in archive Poem: ‘De Anima’ · 6 March 2003

 not available in archive Poem: ‘The Inner Ear’ · 13 December 2001

 not available in archive Two Poems · 20 September 2001

 not available in archive Poem: ‘Roads’ · 9 December 1999

 not available in archive Lustmord · 10 December 1998

  • Happy like Murderers by Gordon Burn

 not available in archive Two Poems · 29 October 1998

 not available in archive Poem: ‘Fields’ · 16 July 1998

 not available in archive Poem: ‘Settlements’ · 16 April 1998