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Burnside is saying that he values his editor's judgment because he respects his editor's skill as a poet. The quote presents advice as something he takes seriously when it comes from someone he admires.
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About John Burnside
Scottish writer
John Burnside was a Scottish writer, known for his poetry and for the recognition his work received in major literary prizes. He was one of four poets to win both the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for a single collection, Black Cat Bone, in 2011. In 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for his body of work.
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The Devil's Footprints
2007
The devil's footprints
2007