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Sightlines
by Kathleen Jamie
Essays by a Scottish poet on whales, pathology labs, gannets, the aurora, St Kilda. Unsentimental and exact.
Read it if…
you want nature writing without sentiment.
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Skip it if…
you want lyricism.
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Three things you will actually use
- Nature includes our cells.
- Look precisely.
- Wonder is unsentimental.
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Read 'Pathologies'.
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Jamie's sightlines.
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