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Sightlines
Contributor(s): Jamie, Kathleen (Author)
ISBN: 161519083X     ISBN-13: 9781615190836
Publisher: Experiment
OUR PRICE:   $13.46  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Essays
- Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Oceans & Seas
Dewey: 914.110
LCCN: 2013014023
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.48 lbs) 256 pages
 
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Winner of the 2014 Orion Book Award for Nonfiction
Winner of the John Burroughs Association 2014 Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book

In Sightlines, Kathleen Jamie reports from the field--from her native Scottish "byways and hills" to the frigid Arctic in fourteen enthralling essays. She dissects whatever her gaze falls upon--vistas of cells beneath a hospital microscope, orcas rounding a headland, the aurora borealis lighting up the frozen sea. In so doing, she questions what, exactly, constitutes "nature," and upends the idea that it is always picturesque. Written with precision, subtlety, and wry humor, Sightlines urges the reader: "Keep looking, even when there's nothing much to see."

Contributor Bio(s): Jamie, Kathleen: - Kathleen Jamie, one of the UK's foremost poets, is the author of four books of poetry and three nonfiction titles, including Sightlines. Her many awards and honors include the 2017 Royal Geographic Society Ness Award, conferred upon Jamie "for outstanding creative writing at the confluence of travel, nature and culture"; the 2013 Costa Book Award; as well as numerous prestigious poetry awards, including the Somerset Maugham Award, Forward Poetry Prize of the Year, and Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award (twice). A professor of creative writing at the University of Stirling, she lives with her family in Fife, Scotland.