Dr Colin Herd

  • Senior Lecturer (English Literature)

telephone: 0141 330 3338
email: Colin.Herd@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

Import to contacts

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467

Research interests

Research interests

  • Aleatory and ergodic forms
  • Artist Books
  • Collaborative practice
  • Conceptual Writing
  • Creative Writing pedagogy
  • Ekphrasis
  • Experimental poetry and poetics
  • Language Writing
  • New York School aesthetics
  • Sophistry and sophistics

Biography

I am primarily a poet, with collections including: too ok (BlazeVOX, 2011), Glovebox (Knives, Forks and Spoons, 2014) and Oberwildling with SJ Fowler (Austrian Cultural Forum, 2015). Glovebox was highly commended in the Forward Prizes.

In 2014, I toured Scotland with the successful ‘Auld Enemies’ tour, funded by Creative Scotland. Placing collaborative practice at the heart of the project, over 40 poets were invited to participate across the span of the tour.

With a background in the visual arts, I have collaborated with the artists Susan Wilson and Cat Outram on artist books, which have been shown at Edinburgh Printmakers and the Royal Scottish Academy respectively. I wrote my thesis on the writing and pedagogy of contemporary American poet Charles Bernstein in relation to the Ancient Greek Sophists.

Research groups

  • Practice Research (Creative Writing)

Publications

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Jump to: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010
Number of items: 25.

2024

Goldman, Jane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9701-414X, Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467, Melville, Nicholas, Sledmere, Maria and Morrison, Iain (2024) NOT JUST A NY QUINCUNX. Mermaid Motel: Glasgow. ISBN 9781915049179

2023

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Onwuemezi, Vanessa (2023) In conversation with Vanessa Onwuemezi. Granta,

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Sledmere, Maria (2023) Cocoa and Nothing. Spam Press: Glasgow. ISBN 9781915049186

2022

Kennedy, Ruthie, Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Pearson, Tommy (Eds.) (2022) Glasgow. Dostoyevsky Wannabe Cities. ISBN 9798423762728

2021

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Lawrence, Robbie (2021) Stills: Colin Herd and Robbie Lawrence. Granta, 156,

2020

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Small, Sam (Eds.) (2020) Joan Eardley: Centenary Collection. Speculative Books. (Accepted for Publication)

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2020) Secretions. Granta, 152,

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (Ed.) (2020) Edwin Morgan: Centenary Collection. Speculative Books. ISBN 9781912917198

2019

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2019) You Name It. Dostoyevsky Wannabe: Manchester. ISBN 9781704980874

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Dunlop, Kirsty (2019) Interview with Kirsty Dunlop. SPAM Zine, 27 Nov.

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2019) “qquerl” : electracy & homographesis in David Melnick’s PCOET. Textshop Experiments, 6(Summer),

2018

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2018) 'Charleston Present Tense', queer Bloomsbury, queer poetics and creative-critical research. In: Wilson, Nicola and Battershill, Claire (eds.) Virginia Woolf and the World of Books. Clemson University Press: Clemson, pp. 176-183. ISBN 9781942954569

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2018) ? + Fiat. In: Lehóczky, Ágnes and Skoulding, Zoë (eds.) The World Speaking Back ... To Denise Riley. Boiler House Press, p. 121. ISBN 9781911343394

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2018) John Ashbery's Commotion. PN Review, 44(3), p. 67.

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2018) Swamp Kiss. Red Ceilings Press: New Mills.

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2018) Short answer: yes; long answer. Gilded Dirt, 3, p. 52.

2017

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2017) My favourite sister's uncle. MAP, 40,

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2017) Click and Collect. Boilerhouse Press (UEA Publishing): Norwich, UK. ISBN 9781911343196

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2017) Syncope and Giallo in Kevin Killian's argento series. In: Halpern, Rob and Tremblay-McGaw, Robin (eds.) From Our Hearts to Yours: New Narrative as Contemporary Practice. Contemporary Practice. ISBN 9780983504573

2016

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2016) I Always Keep my Word. [Exhibitions]

2015

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Fowler, S.J. (2015) Oberwildling: on the Life of Oskar Kokoschka. Series: Occassions, 15. Austrian Cultural Forum: London, UK. ISBN 9780957684621

2013

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2013) Glovebox and Other Poems. Knives Forks And Spoons Press: Newton-le-Willows. ISBN 9781909443273

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2013) Chance and design. PN Review, 40(1), pp. 74-75.

2011

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2011) Like. Knives, Forks and Spoons Press: Newton-le-Willows. ISBN 9781907812361

2010

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2010) Too Ok. Blazevox Books: Buffalo, New York. ISBN 9781609640491

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 13:32:07 2025 BST.
Jump to: Articles | Books | Book Sections | Edited Books | Exhibitions
Number of items: 25.

Articles

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Onwuemezi, Vanessa (2023) In conversation with Vanessa Onwuemezi. Granta,

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Lawrence, Robbie (2021) Stills: Colin Herd and Robbie Lawrence. Granta, 156,

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2020) Secretions. Granta, 152,

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Dunlop, Kirsty (2019) Interview with Kirsty Dunlop. SPAM Zine, 27 Nov.

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2019) “qquerl” : electracy & homographesis in David Melnick’s PCOET. Textshop Experiments, 6(Summer),

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2018) John Ashbery's Commotion. PN Review, 44(3), p. 67.

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2018) Short answer: yes; long answer. Gilded Dirt, 3, p. 52.

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2017) My favourite sister's uncle. MAP, 40,

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2013) Chance and design. PN Review, 40(1), pp. 74-75.

Books

Goldman, Jane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9701-414X, Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467, Melville, Nicholas, Sledmere, Maria and Morrison, Iain (2024) NOT JUST A NY QUINCUNX. Mermaid Motel: Glasgow. ISBN 9781915049179

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Sledmere, Maria (2023) Cocoa and Nothing. Spam Press: Glasgow. ISBN 9781915049186

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2019) You Name It. Dostoyevsky Wannabe: Manchester. ISBN 9781704980874

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2018) Swamp Kiss. Red Ceilings Press: New Mills.

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2017) Click and Collect. Boilerhouse Press (UEA Publishing): Norwich, UK. ISBN 9781911343196

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Fowler, S.J. (2015) Oberwildling: on the Life of Oskar Kokoschka. Series: Occassions, 15. Austrian Cultural Forum: London, UK. ISBN 9780957684621

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2013) Glovebox and Other Poems. Knives Forks And Spoons Press: Newton-le-Willows. ISBN 9781909443273

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2011) Like. Knives, Forks and Spoons Press: Newton-le-Willows. ISBN 9781907812361

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2010) Too Ok. Blazevox Books: Buffalo, New York. ISBN 9781609640491

Book Sections

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2018) 'Charleston Present Tense', queer Bloomsbury, queer poetics and creative-critical research. In: Wilson, Nicola and Battershill, Claire (eds.) Virginia Woolf and the World of Books. Clemson University Press: Clemson, pp. 176-183. ISBN 9781942954569

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2018) ? + Fiat. In: Lehóczky, Ágnes and Skoulding, Zoë (eds.) The World Speaking Back ... To Denise Riley. Boiler House Press, p. 121. ISBN 9781911343394

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2017) Syncope and Giallo in Kevin Killian's argento series. In: Halpern, Rob and Tremblay-McGaw, Robin (eds.) From Our Hearts to Yours: New Narrative as Contemporary Practice. Contemporary Practice. ISBN 9780983504573

Edited Books

Kennedy, Ruthie, Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Pearson, Tommy (Eds.) (2022) Glasgow. Dostoyevsky Wannabe Cities. ISBN 9798423762728

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 and Small, Sam (Eds.) (2020) Joan Eardley: Centenary Collection. Speculative Books. (Accepted for Publication)

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (Ed.) (2020) Edwin Morgan: Centenary Collection. Speculative Books. ISBN 9781912917198

Exhibitions

Herd, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-3467 (2016) I Always Keep my Word. [Exhibitions]

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 13:32:07 2025 BST.

Supervision

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    Jeff, A Crisis.
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    Culinary and Cultural Displacement: India’s Partition, postcolonial legacy and its effect on cuisine and culture, eighty years on

Additional information

Artist Books

Blots (with Susan Wilson) 2014

The Open Wound (with Cat Outram) 2015


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