Andrew Duncan (poet)
Andrew Duncan (born 1956) is a British poet, critic, and editor. The author of at least seven books of poetry, including "Anxiety Before Entering a Room Selected Poems 1977–99" (Salt Publishing, 2001). His work as a literary and cultural critic is most recently on display in "The Failure of Conservatism in Modern British Poetry" (Salt Publishing, 2003). Andrew Duncan studied as a mediaevalist and started his writing career in punk "fanzines". He has been publishing poetry since the late 1970s, serving as the editor of the magazine "Angel Exhaust". Duncan worked as a labourer (in England and  Germany) after leaving school, and subsequently as a project planner with a telecomms manufacturer (1978–87), and as a programmer for the Stock Exchange (1988–91). He also publishes a website called "pinko.org" in which he aims to "verbalize knowledge which a lot of people on the [underground poetry] scene share – not really to uncover completely new information".