Elective Amnesia -
a bibliography

( . . . no final state . . . )

Last updated 18th August 2011.

2011

• An extract from the poem "Fragments of a Narcissus" published in the programme to the Second Annual Sussex Poetry Festival.

• Fifteen poems from the sequence "Sourdough Mutation" published in "International Egg and Poultry Review" (ed. Justin Katko and Luke Roberts).

• Ten poems from the sequence "Sourdough Mutation" published in number 21 of "Painted, spoken" (ed. Richard Price - for more back issues, see here).

• Two poems translated from Mallarmé, and a short statement, on Jerome Rothenberg's Poems and Poetics blog.

• A prose text, "Latitude 55 degrees 52.6 minutes North, Longitude 4 degrees 16 minutes West" (my bit is down at the bottom of a page devoted to a visit to Gerry Loose and Morven Gregor's hut at Carbeth). Published as part of Alec Finlay and Ken Cockburn's project The Road North.

• A short essay on Mallarmé, "Girl Born Without a Mother", in issue 3 of Enclave Review. Now online as a pdf...

• Seven poems from the sequence "Sourdough Mutation" in The Other Room Anthology 2010/11. £6 inc. postage in UK, £7 overseas.

• Extracts from Adjunct: an Undigest and English in Mallarmé included in Against Expression: an Anthology of Conceptual Writing, ed. Craig Dworkin and Kenneth Goldsmith (Northwestern UP 2011).

• Extracts from the sequence "Sourdough Mutation" in issue 2 of Dancehall magazine.

2010

• Five poems translated from Mallarmé in issue 55:2 of Chicago Review.

• A translation of some extracts from "The Marrying of Hérodiade: Mystery" by Stéphane Mallarmé in Cambridge Literary Review, Volume 1, no. 3.

• Some poems and a translation from Mallarmé in issue 10 of the online International Literary Quarterly.

• Five poems included in the Bloodaxe anthology Identity Parade: New British & Irish Poets (ed. Roddy Lumsden).

2009

• A translation of Stéphane Mallarmé's "L'Après-midi d'un favne" published in Translation Ireland, Volume 18, number 1.

• "Plant names for Eck Finlay", "An Interrogation" and some poems from "Sourdough Mutation" at The Argotist Online.

• A new edition of my prose book "Adjunct: an Undigest" has been published by Barque Press.

• A poem ("Third Pastoral") and two prose pieces ("The place I'm living in..." and "My Funeral") in issue one of Cleaves Journal.

• Another extract from "The Baffle Stage" in issue four of Spine.

• An extract from "The Baffle Stage" in the SoundEye feature in issue 15 of Poetry Salzburg Review.

• Two extracts from "The Baffle Stage" in Past Simple magazine.

2008

• Four poems, "Switch for Breathing", "Ma Jolie (1911-12)", "There's a Carnivore in Heaven" and "Between Cup and Lip", in the anthology The Reality Street Book of Sonnets (Hastings, Reality Street Editions 2008).

• Two poems translated from Mallarmé, in Black Box Manifold issue one, Sheffield, July 2008.

• Two poems translated from Mallarmé, in Axolotl issue one, Cambridge, June 2008.

• Review of Hannah Weiner's Open House, in Chicago Review 53:4 & 54:1/2.

• Between Cup and Lip, Miami University Press, June 2008. A collection of poems, visuals and prose.

• Poem, "Pyrotoxin, the third art" in INVISIBLY TIGHT INSTITUTIONAL OUTER FLANKS DUB (VERB) GLORIOUS NATIONAL HI-VIOLENCE RESPONSE DREAM, NYC & Providence, lifepressdocuments, March 2008.

• "Scene: Hérodiade" (from Mallarmé) in Plantarchy issue 4.

• Three poems and some translations from Mallarmé in Free Verse magazine.

• Three poems translated from Mallarmé in Reconfigurations: a Journal for Poetics and Poetry / Literature and Culture.

2007

• "Hold That Golem", an interview between Peter Manson and Tim Allen, in the book "Don't Start Me Talking: Interviews With Contemporary Poets", eds. Tim Allen and Andrew Duncan, Salt Publishing 2007.

• Poems, prose, translations and a book review: "Depressions Gone From Me Blues", "Uncle Dave Macon", "Saut Crapaud", "Remembrance of Belgian Friends" (from Mallarmé), "Ancient Overture of Herodiade" (from Mallarmé), "Neither Waving Nor Drowning" and a review of "There Are Words" by Gael Turnbull in the British Poetry issue of Chicago Review (53:1).

• Two poems, "Glasgow Coma Score" and "Neither Waving Nor Drowning" in issue 19 of Angel Exhaust magazine (both poems already collected in For the Good of Liars).

2006

• Birch Birch Birch, a short essay on J.H. Prynne's "rune poem", in QUID 17, A festschrift in celebration of the 70th Birthday of J. H. Prynne.

• Intercapillary Space, a collective poetry blogzine, poems by Peter Manson, posted May 2006.

• For the Good of Liars, Barque Press, May 2006. A collection of poems.

2005

• An album of thought clouds by Peter Manson, at www.alecfinlay.com

• Best Scottish Poems 2005. Poem, For January, with commentary by Peter Manson and Richard Price.

• Acton magazine No. 1, July 2005. Two poems, Hymn to Light and Poem ("At the end of fear...")

• Adjunct: an Undigest, Edinburgh Review, June 2005. A book-length prose work.

• Before and After Mallarmé, Survivors' Press, 2/R 5 West Bank Quadrant, Glasgow G12 8NT: a 20-page booklet of Peter Manson's translations and adaptations from the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé.

• Action Poétique No. 179, Ivry-sur-Seine 2005. Four poems, "Veuves et orphelins (fragment rhétorique)", "Saignement de nez", "Fenêtres de naissance" and "1943, les mains du chat", translated into French by éric Suchère as part of the feature "Angleterre, 7 poétes", ed. Jérôme Game. Action Poétique, 36, rue Raspail, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, Email: actionpoetique AT wanadoo DOT fr

• He's Asked For Size Ten Arial On This One & It Goes Over The Edge A Bit But If It's Size Ten Arial He Wants It's Size Ten Arial He's Getting No. 1, London 2005. Poem, "For January".

• Poetry Review Vol. 94, No. 4, Winter 2004/5. Review of Tom Leonard, access to the silence.

2004

• Kenneth Goldsmith (ed.), The Agents of Impurity, Sonic Arts Network, London 2004. Booklet with CD (booklet contains two pages from Adjunct: an Undigest).

• nomad No. 19, Glasgow 2004. Poem: "A Funeral in Sense" (for Tom Leonard). GBP2.50 From Survivors' Press Scotland, 2/R, 5 West Bank Quadrant, Glasgow G12 8NT.

• Adjunct: an Undigest, Stem Recordings, London 2004. A 65-minute CD of Peter Manson reading from his book Adjunct: an Undigest.

• Nate Dorward (ed.), Onsets: a Breviary (Synopticon?) of Poems 13 Lines or Under. The Gig, Willowdale ON, May 2004, poem: "Bolus of Rhubarb and Mercury".

• Quid No. 12, Cambridge 2004, poem: "Between Cup and Lip".

2003

• The Paper No 7, November 2003. Review of Maggie O'Sullivan, Palace of Reptiles.

• Northwords No. 32, Autumn 2003. Review of Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Selected Poems and Lighter Than Air.

• Poetry Review Vol. 93, No. 2, Summer 2003. Review of Ciaran Carson, Forgotten Cities and Justin Quinn, Fuselage.

• Poetry Review Vol. 93, No. 1, Spring 2003. Review of David Kinloch, Un Tour d'Ecosse.

• quic_ lude No. 1, March 2003, poem: "A Bird Sings" (from Apollinaire). Available in UK by sending an A5 stamped addressed envelope to Sean Bonney, 165a Fentiman Road, London SW8 1JY.

• Northwords No. 31, Spring 2003. Essay: "Let It Be".

2002

• Jacket No. 20, December 2002, poem: "Envoy".

• The Alterran Poetry Assemblage Version 7.0, December 2002, poem: "Birth Windows Travesty".

• David Connearn, Hours, WAX366, Glasgow 2002. Peter Manson contributes untitled poem ("For the first part of this moment"). Details from WAX366, 60 Saltoun Street, Glasgow G12 9BE.

• cul-de-qui No.1, London, September 2002, poem: "The Liver (for Arshile Gorky)". Available in UK for £5 payable to Sean Bonney, 165A Fentiman Road, London, SW8 1JY.

• The Gig No.11, Willowdale ON, June 2002, review of Andrew Duncan, Anxiety Before Entering a Room: Selected Poems 1977-99.

• Rosebud, A3 folded card. Form Books, April 2002. Available for £1 + first class stamp in UK from Form Books, 86C Orbel Street, London SW11 3NY.

• Northwords No. 28, Dingwall, April 2002. Review of The Sonnets by Ted Berrigan (Penguin Books 2000).

• Two Renga (collaborations between Elizabeth James and Peter Manson), in RENGA +, Reality Street Editions, London 2002. This is the fourth RSE 4pack (four poets to a volume), and also includes a poetic text by installation artist Christine Kennedy and a lyric sequence by Guy Barker.

2001

• Quid No. 8, Cambridge 2001, poem: "Envoy".

• Northwords No. 27, Dingwall, November 2001. Review of The Order of Things: an anthology of Scottish sound, pattern and concrete poems.

• Painted, spoken No. 2, Staines, August 2001, poem: "Semper Augustus". Available free in the UK from Richard Price, 8 Richmond Rd, Staines, Middlesex TW18 2AB. Send an A5 envelope with two first class stamps to cover postage.

• UbuWeb now hosts the complete text of my book Adjunct: an Undigest. This version has a fully-linked index of names cited: follow the "index" link at the end of the main text.

• The Gig No.8, Willowdale ON, April 2001, pp.27-33, "The Dag Hammarskiold Postal Convenience Center".

2000

• Adrian Clarke and Lawrence Upton (eds.), for Bob Cobbing, Mainstream Poetry, London, September 2000. Fractal/photomontage visual, "Man-Machine Interface", for Bob (dated 23 June 2000).

• Nicholas Johnson (ed.), FOIL: defining poetry 1985-2000, etruscan books, Buckfastleigh 2000, pp.120-123, three poems: "The Ice Skaters", "Summer Sadness (from Mallarmé)" and "Sarin Canasta".

• nomad No.9, Glasgow, October 2000, p.38, poem: "Lithops divergens".

1999

• Angel Exhaust No.16, London, January 1999, pp.82-84, poem: "Lancer's Gap".

• The Gig No.2, Willowdale ON, March 1999, pp.6-8, three poems: "Four Darks in Red", "In Vitro" and "Roches Moutonnées".

• Oasis No.96, London, May 1999, Untitled fractal visual on cover.

• Quid No.1, Cambridge 1999, two poems: "The Last Century's Late Modernism" and "Switch for Breathing".

• Birth Windows, Barque Press, Cambridge 1999. A booklet of poems.

1998

• Gare du Nord Vol. 2/1, Paris 1998, p.32, poem: "The Tomb of Charles Baudelaire (from Mallarmé)".

• Bob Cobbing and Lawrence Upton (eds.), Word Score Utterance Choreography, Writers Forum, London 1998, poem: "Hats", index of references to the poem, half-page prose statement and two untitled fractal visuals.

• AND No.10, Writers Forum, London, September 1998, 3-page extract from "Adjunct: an Undigest".

• Sub Voicive Poetry, London 1998 # 17, two photomontage visuals.

• Oasis No. 89, London, March 1998, four poems: "Birth Windows", "Nosebleed", "1943, Cat's Hands" and "Memories (of Apollinaire)"

1997

• Sub Voicive Poetry, London 1997 # 4, two untitled fractal visuals on covers.

• Terrible Work, (number? date?), Plymouth ?1997, two-page extract from "Adjunct: an Undigest".

• Comparative Criticism No.19, Cambridge 1997, p.39, poem: "12th July 1992" included in "From the 'Debatable lands': a selection of contemporary Scottish Poetry" ed. David Kinloch.

• Sub Voicive Poetry, London 1997 # 9, two untitled fractal visuals on covers.

• First Offense No.11, Canterbury, Winter 1997, pp.30-33, three poems: "Gray Squirrel", "Sarin Canasta" and "BALL RACE".

• Crayon No.1 (Festschrift for Jackson Mac Low's 75th Birthday), New York 1997, p.210, Untitled fractal visual.

• me generation, Writers Forum, London 1997. A booklet of unclassified verbal and visual work.

• Sub Voicive Poetry, London 1997 # 12, one page of small press review/lisitings published under the title "Perec Banjo Cement" (anag.)

• Sub Voicive Poetry, London 1997 # 13, one page of review/listings as per #12.

1996

• Terrible Work, (number? date?), Plymouth ?1996, poem: "The Gathering Among".

• Sub Voicive Poetry programme, London, 26th March 1996. Six pages of visual and verbal work, including material derived from "Adjunct: an Undigest", poems: "Twenty for Baselitz's 45", "The Process", (untitled), "Up", poem 5 from "Erratic Heater" and a visual treatment of "The Liver (for Arshile Gorky)", published on the evening of PM's Sub Voicive reading with Barry MacSweeney.

• shearsman, second series, No.29, Macau 1996, pp.11-12, translation of two Mallarmé sonnets, "Renewal" and "Summer Sadness", under the title "Bad Suns (from Mallarmé)".

• Southfields No.2, London (date?), two-page extract from "Adjunct: an Undigest", five fractal visuals and one-paragraph statement about the visuals, plus a two-page review of "Penniless Politics" by Douglas Oliver.

• Angel Exhaust No.13, London, Spring 1996, pp.43-45, poem: "Widows and Orphans".

• Rosebud, 30 (approx) stapled offprints of a text based on the recursive inflation of a quotation from Robert Herrick using dictionary definitions, distributed for 11th May 1996

• Parataxis No.8/9, Brighton 1996, p.116, poem: "From an Abandoned Adaptation of the Old English Wanderer".

• Oasis No.81, London, November 1996, Untitled fractal visual on cover.

• First Offense No.10, Canterbury, Winter 1996, pp.27-28, two-page extract from "Adjunct: an Undigest".

• Bob Cobbing, Gibbering His Wares (Collected Poems volume 15), Object Permanence, Glasgow 1996. Peter Manson contributes untitled fractal cover visual and one-page prose preface, "Mitochondrial Wonderbra".

1995

• Pages 282-300, London 1995, one page prose response to "Nuraghic Echoes" by Hazel Smith.

• iter atur e, Writers Forum, London 1995. A booklet of 28 fractal visuals.

• Hayden Murphy, Bermuda Triangles - A Sequence of Poems on Impacting Farewells, Edinburgh, 50 copies printed for Bloomsday 1995. Peter Manson contributes six fractal visuals.

• Oasis No.74, London, September 1995, Untitled fractal visual on cover.

• Oasis No.75, London, November 1995, sequence of eleven short poems: "Microtome".

• Generator No.7, Vol.2, Cleveland OH, December 1995, Three fractal visuals and a covering letter.

• AND No.9, Writers Forum, London 1995, sequence of 6 poems: "Erratic Heater".

1994

• Epoch No.5, Montrose, March 1994, p.6, four poems: "Gin a Flatworm", "Vi(v)a", "Strange Meeting" and "The Poem Which Was Written for Her".

• Mirage #4 Period(ical) No.34, San Francisco CA, September 1994, four poems: "Listening to John Cage's Twenty-Eight", "Hoi How Come", "Serial Drunken Boat Fragment" and "Perma Sonnet".

• AND No.8, Writers Forum, London, December 1994, five fractal visuals: "Fractal: Exploding Head", "Fractal: Sinister Presence", "Fractal: Bad Day", "Totem Fractal" and "Find-the Fractal".

1993

• Verse Vol 10, No.2, St. Andrews, Summer 1993, p.69, poem: "Superstring Theory."

• Poetry Now Regional Anthology (Scotland, 1993) [actually Peterborough], p.159, poem: "Linguist".

• Northwords, Ullapool, (number? date?), two poems, "Muse" and "Et in Arcadia Ego".

1992

• Understanding, no.4, Edinburgh 1992, p.37, poem: "The Beautiful Vessel (after Magritte)".

• Spring Collection, Arrival Press, Peterborough 1992, p.86, poem: "Iceman".

• Northlight No.5, Glasgow, November 1992, p.28, poem: "Neck Verse".

1991

• Northlight No.2, Glasgow, June 1991, p.22, poem: "Cuchulain Suffocated".

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