{"product_id":"sightlines-9781615190836","title":"Sightlines","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSightlines, \u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ealways\u003c\/i\u003e picturesque. Written with precision, subtlety, and wry humor, \u003ci\u003eSightlines\u003c\/i\u003e urges the reader: \"Keep looking, even when there's nothing much to see.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJamie, Kathleen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eKathleen Jamie\u003c\/b\u003e, in 2021 named the National Poet of Scotland, is the author of four books of poetry and three nonfiction titles, including \u003ci\u003eSightlines\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand, most recently, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSurfacing\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.","brand":"Experiment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697423618322,"sku":"9781615190836","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e961f87-0375-4300-b421-074923750ff1.jpg?v=1734301532","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sightlines-9781615190836","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}