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Kathleen Jamie: “Cairn” (2024)

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If there’s been less of a gap since Kathleen Jamie’s last prose collection Surfacing (2019) than between her previous (Sightlines, 2012 and Findings, 2006), maybe it’s because there’s a greater sense of urgency. The pieces in her superb new book Cairn are short – some just a couple of paragraphs – but there’s no sense … Continue reading Kathleen Jamie: “Cairn” (2024)

Kathleen Jamie: “Surfacing”

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In a previous post I looked at the increasing importance of, and focus on, the natural world in Kathleen Jamie's poetry throughout her career. With hindsight, the two essay collections she has written - 2012's Sightlines and it's 2006 predecessor, Findings (surely one of the finest books of the century so far) - seem to … Continue reading Kathleen Jamie: “Surfacing”