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- Book Title
- Groundglass
- Publication Name
- Groundglass
- Title
- Groundglass
- EAN
- 9781566896405
- ISBN
- 9781566896405
- Publisher
- Coffee House Press
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Release Year
- 2022
- Release Date
- 15/09/2022
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Genre
- Family & Relationships
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Topic
- Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 9.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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"Could there be something humbling and revolutionary in understanding myself as a site of contamination?" Groundglass takes shape atop a polluted aquifer in Minnesota, beside trains that haul fracked crude oil, as Kathryn Savage confronts the transgressions of U.S. Superfund sites and brownfields against land, groundwater, neighborhoods, and people. Drawing on her own experiences growing up on the fence lines of industry and the parallel realities of raising a young son while grieving a father dying of a cancer with known environmental risk factors, Savage traces concentric rings of connection-between our bodies, one another, our communities, and our ecosystem. She explores the porous boundary between self and environment, and the ambiguous yet growing body of evidence linking toxins to disease. Equal parts mourning poem and manifesto for environmental justice, Groundglass reminds us that no living thing exists on its own.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Coffee House Press
ISBN-10
1566896401
ISBN-13
9781566896405
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5057262795
Product Key Features
Book Title
Groundglass
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Death, Grief, Bereavement
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Family & Relationships
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3619.A833g76 2022
Reviews
"Like Joan Didion in The Year of Magical Thinking , Savage approaches grief by situating her thoughts within the conversations of other writers, including Terry Tempest Williams, Jacques Roubaud and Camille T. Dungy, but in so doing, her individual mourning moves quickly and fruitfully to larger discussions about how our bodies are connected to the spaces around us. . . . Savage balances the personal with research so readers can feel both why she cares and why we should. This work is a worthy reflection." --Abby Manzella, Star Tribune "Savage combines memoir with environmental and social commentary in her haunting debut. . . . A work of both elegiac beauty and horror. . . . This one's tough to forget." --Publishers Weekly "A lyrical exploration of grief and ecology. . . . [A] prismatic debut in the guise of a grief memoir, but the narrative encompasses ecological investigations of brownfields and Superfund sites. . . . Savage creates a compelling meditation that flows beyond the typical stylings of memoir, journalism, and theory. An interrogative, existential crisis at the center of an ongoing ecological one." -- Kirkus "A poetic reckoning with environmental pollution and its unavoidable connection to human bodies. . . . Groundglass tenderly dissolves the perceived boundary between environment and self . . . [and] invites readers to settle into their own bodies and cultivate an ever-deepening awareness of the spaces they occupy." --Lillie Gardner, EcoLit Books " Groundglass is a work of beauty--like the superfunds Kathryn Savage investigates, which green and bloom and renew despite it all. Reading Savage's writing is like taking a walk beside a friend with an extraordinary eye for all the unlikely and remarkable details along the path, the ones you would have missed if you had to walk it alone." --Kathryn Nuernberger "How does one build a home? A family? What are the ways they might come apart? I myself grew up within wind's distance of Love Canal. In times marked by Chernobyl, Fukushima, by fracking and spills, compromised air and water, the relationship between toxicity and the bloodstream feels intimate and immediate. This probing book asks the hard questions in a compelling blend of memoir, essay, biography, and reportage. The inside is the outside now. The outside is inside." --Kazim Ali "Kathryn Savage roots down into one broken place--a place most would rather overlook--and listens. Here, every relationship the author tends--with herself, with her son, with the father that begot her and the neighborhood where he raised her up--twists into unsettling shapes thanks to what this land has been forced to hold. Groundglass is both a commitment and a grappling, and for that reason it will stay with me for a very long time." --Elizabeth Rush "Through exquisitely honed language and poetic imagery, Kathryn Savage skillfully juxtaposes her father's cancer with the ecological violence she witnessed at toxic Superfund sites, crafting an unflinching portrayal of 'the world as body.'" --Diane Wilson, "Like Joan Didion in The Year of Magical Thinking , Savage approaches grief by situating her thoughts within the conversations of other writers, including Terry Tempest Williams, Jacques Roubaud and Camille T. Dungy, but in so doing, her individual mourning moves quickly and fruitfully to larger discussions about how our bodies are connected to the spaces around us. . . . Savage balances the personal with research so readers can feel both why she cares and why we should. This work is a worthy reflection." --Abby Manzella, Star Tribune "Savage combines memoir with environmental and social commentary in her haunting debut. . . . A work of both elegiac beauty and horror. . . . This one''s tough to forget." --Publishers Weekly "A lyrical exploration of grief and ecology. . . . [A] prismatic debut in the guise of a grief memoir, but the narrative encompasses ecological investigations of brownfields and Superfund sites. . . . Savage creates a compelling meditation that flows beyond the typical stylings of memoir, journalism, and theory. An interrogative, existential crisis at the center of an ongoing ecological one." -- Kirkus "In the midst of congressional chaos, industrial pollution, land and water contamination, bodily disease, and necessary reparations, Savage''s work demands we take heed and have courage, and with imagination and introspection, ''learn how to build'' again." --Tara Friedman, West Trade Review "A poetic reckoning with environmental pollution and its unavoidable connection to human bodies. . . . Groundglass tenderly dissolves the perceived boundary between environment and self . . . [and] invites readers to settle into their own bodies and cultivate an ever-deepening awareness of the spaces they occupy." --Lillie Gardner, EcoLit Books " Groundglass is a work of beauty--like the superfunds Kathryn Savage investigates, which green and bloom and renew despite it all. Reading Savage''s writing is like taking a walk beside a friend with an extraordinary eye for all the unlikely and remarkable details along the path, the ones you would have missed if you had to walk it alone." --Kathryn Nuernberger "How does one build a home? A family? What are the ways they might come apart? I myself grew up within wind''s distance of Love Canal. In times marked by Chernobyl, Fukushima, by fracking and spills, compromised air and water, the relationship between toxicity and the bloodstream feels intimate and immediate. This probing book asks the hard questions in a compelling blend of memoir, essay, biography, and reportage. The inside is the outside now. The outside is inside." --Kazim Ali "Kathryn Savage roots down into one broken place--a place most would rather overlook--and listens. Here, every relationship the author tends--with herself, with her son, with the father that begot her and the neighborhood where he raised her up--twists into unsettling shapes thanks to what this land has been forced to hold. Groundglass is both a commitment and a grappling, and for that reason it will stay with me for a very long time." --Elizabeth Rush "Through exquisitely honed language and poetic imagery, Kathryn Savage skillfully juxtaposes her father''s cancer with the ecological violence she witnessed at toxic Superfund sites, crafting an unflinching portrayal of ''the world as body.''" --Diane Wilson, "Savage combines memoir with environmental and social commentary in her haunting debut. . . . A work of both elegiac beauty and horror. . . . This one's tough to forget." --Publishers Weekly "A lyrical exploration of grief and ecology. . . . [A] prismatic debut in the guise of a grief memoir, but the narrative encompasses ecological investigations of brownfields and Superfund sites. . . . Savage creates a compelling meditation that flows beyond the typical stylings of memoir, journalism, and theory. An interrogative, existential crisis at the center of an ongoing ecological one." -- Kirkus " Groundglass is a work of beauty--like the superfunds Kathryn Savage investigates, which green and bloom and renew despite it all. Reading Savage's writing is like taking a walk beside a friend with an extraordinary eye for all the unlikely and remarkable details along the path, the ones you would have missed if you had to walk it alone." --Kathryn Nuernberger "How does one build a home? A family? What are the ways they might come apart? I myself grew up within wind's distance of Love Canal. In times marked by Chernobyl, Fukushima, by fracking and spills, compromised air and water, the relationship between toxicity and the bloodstream feels intimate and immediate. This probing book asks the hard questions in a compelling blend of memoir, essay, biography, and reportage. The inside is the outside now. The outside is inside." --Kazim Ali "Kathryn Savage roots down into one broken place--a place most would rather overlook--and listens. Here, every relationship the author tends--with herself, with her son, with the father that begot her and the neighborhood where he raised her up--twists into unsettling shapes thanks to what this land has been forced to hold. Groundglass is both a commitment and a grappling, and for that reason it will stay with me for a very long time." --Elizabeth Rush "Through exquisitely honed language and poetic imagery, Kathryn Savage skillfully juxtaposes her father's cancer with the ecological violence she witnessed at toxic Superfund sites, crafting an unflinching portrayal of 'the world as body.'" --Diane Wilson, "Savage combines memoir with environmental and social commentary in her haunting debut. . . . A work of both elegiac beauty and horror. . . . This one's tough to forget." --Publishers Weekly "A lyrical exploration of grief and ecology. . . . [A] prismatic debut in the guise of a grief memoir, but the narrative encompasses ecological investigations of brownfields and Superfund sites. . . . Savage creates a compelling meditation that flows beyond the typical stylings of memoir, journalism, and theory. An interrogative, existential crisis at the center of an ongoing ecological one." -- Kirkus "A poetic reckoning with environmental pollution and its unavoidable connection to human bodies. . . . Groundglass tenderly dissolves the perceived boundary between environment and self . . . [and] invites readers to settle into their own bodies and cultivate an ever-deepening awareness of the spaces they occupy." --Lillie Gardner, EcoLit Books " Groundglass is a work of beauty--like the superfunds Kathryn Savage investigates, which green and bloom and renew despite it all. Reading Savage's writing is like taking a walk beside a friend with an extraordinary eye for all the unlikely and remarkable details along the path, the ones you would have missed if you had to walk it alone." --Kathryn Nuernberger "How does one build a home? A family? What are the ways they might come apart? I myself grew up within wind's distance of Love Canal. In times marked by Chernobyl, Fukushima, by fracking and spills, compromised air and water, the relationship between toxicity and the bloodstream feels intimate and immediate. This probing book asks the hard questions in a compelling blend of memoir, essay, biography, and reportage. The inside is the outside now. The outside is inside." --Kazim Ali "Kathryn Savage roots down into one broken place--a place most would rather overlook--and listens. Here, every relationship the author tends--with herself, with her son, with the father that begot her and the neighborhood where he raised her up--twists into unsettling shapes thanks to what this land has been forced to hold. Groundglass is both a commitment and a grappling, and for that reason it will stay with me for a very long time." --Elizabeth Rush "Through exquisitely honed language and poetic imagery, Kathryn Savage skillfully juxtaposes her father's cancer with the ecological violence she witnessed at toxic Superfund sites, crafting an unflinching portrayal of 'the world as body.'" --Diane Wilson, "A lyrical exploration of grief and ecology. . . . [A] prismatic debut in the guise of a grief memoir, but the narrative encompasses ecological investigations of brownfields and Superfund sites. . . . Savage creates a compelling meditation that flows beyond the typical stylings of memoir, journalism, and theory. An interrogative, existential crisis at the center of an ongoing ecological one." -- Kirkus " Groundglass is a work of beauty--like the superfunds Kathryn Savage investigates, which green and bloom and renew despite it all. Reading Savage's writing is like taking a walk beside a friend with an extraordinary eye for all the unlikely and remarkable details along the path, the ones you would have missed if you had to walk it alone." --Kathryn Nuernberger "How does one build a home? A family? What are the ways they might come apart? I myself grew up within wind's distance of Love Canal. In times marked by Chernobyl, Fukushima, by fracking and spills, compromised air and water, the relationship between toxicity and the bloodstream feels intimate and immediate. This probing book asks the hard questions in a compelling blend of memoir, essay, biography and reportage. The inside is the outside now. The outside is inside." --Kazim Ali "Kathryn Savage roots down into one broken place--a place most would rather overlook--and listens. Here, every relationship the author tends--with herself, with her son, with the father that begot her and the neighborhood where he raised her up--twists into unsettling shapes thanks to what this land has been forced to hold. Groundglass is both a commitment and a grappling, and for that reason it will stay with me for a very long time." --Elizabeth Rush "Through exquisitely honed language and poetic imagery, Kathryn Savage skillfully juxtaposes her father's cancer with the ecological violence she witnessed at toxic Superfund sites, crafting an unflinching portrayal of 'the world as body.'" --Diane Wilson
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2022-008400
Dewey Decimal
814.6
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Dewey Edition
23
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