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."

Author: Kathleen Jamie
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Experiment
Published: 09/10/2013
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781615190836


Award: 2014 John Burroughs Medal for Outstanding Natural History Writing Winner - Natural History


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/08/2013
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2013
Booklist 09/01/2013 pg. 27
Foreword 08/31/2013
Shelf Awareness 09/20/2013

About the Author
Jamie, Kathleen: - Kathleen Jamie, in 2021 named the National Poet of Scotland, is the author of four books of poetry and three nonfiction titles, including Sightlines and, most recently, Surfacing. Her many other 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). She lives in Fife, Scotland.