Blue Portugal & other essays / Theresa Kishkan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kishkan, Theresa, author.

Contributor:

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Series:

Wayfarer (Edmonton, Alta.)

Wayfarer

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kishkan, Theresa--Anecdotes.

Kishkan, Theresa.

Authors, Canadian--20th century.

Authors, Canadian.

Genre:

essays.

Anecdotes.

Essays.

Physical Description:

xiv, 192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Blue Portugal and other essays

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Using the richness of braided essays, Theresa Kishkan thinks deeply about the natural world, mourns and celebrates the aging body, interrogates and gently contests recorded history, and explores art and visual phenomenon. Gathering personal genealogies, medical histories, and early land surveys together with the liminal spaces of memory and insights from music, colour theory, horticulture, and textile production, Kishkan weaves patterns and dangles loose threads, welcoming readers to share her intellectual and emotional preoccupations. The rivers of the author's home province echo the venous system of her body. The indigo powder she turns into dye shares a palette with entoptic phenomena. The title essay recalls a wine she first drank in her grandmother's homeland; another dances with memories of mothering and the structure of Bach's Partita No. 2 for solo violin. With an intimate awareness of place and time, a deep sensitivity to family, and a poetic delight in travel, local food and wine, and dogs, Blue Portugal and Other Essays offers up a sense of wonder at the interconnectedness of all things, revealing Kishkan as a virtuoso of her craft."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: A Dark Path

The Blue Etymologies

We Are Still Here

Blue Portugal

How Rivers Break Away and Meet Again

Blueprints

Anatomy of a Button

Love Song

The River Door

Museum of the Multitude Village.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Kishkan, Theresa. Blue Portugal and other essays.

ISBN:

9781772125993

1772125997

OCLC:

1260665503