Blue Portugal
Marilyn Stanley
, Kirsten Lyon
, Jude Castillo
, P. Thompson
, Linda Leitch
, Joshua Lewis
, Natasa Ilic
, Barry Kazimer
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Deb Philippon
, Cassandra Schiemann
, Remi Gunn
, Sarah Schwartz
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Andrea Pole
, Cathy Jackson
, Kelly Pedro
, LJ Law
, Stephanie Baird
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Eli Cherney
, Noelle Walsh
, Vanessa Charbonneau-Dinelle
, Swagi Desai
, Elizabeth Obermeyer
, Dawn Macdonald
, Laurie Burns
, Benita Hartwell
, Julie Kaniak
, Holly Elisabeth
, Melissa Kohlman
, sarah campbell
, Randi Ann Doll
, Sara Conway
, John Bell
, Filomena Falocco
, Patricia Johnson
, Pam Keetch
, Maria Mclean
, Charles Leblanc
, Heather Belliveau
, Christina Frantz
, Astrid Egger
, Joanne Santolupo
, Kevin Smith
, Robert Hykawy
, Janice Cournoyer
, Lindy Mechefske
, David White
, Lise Gaston
, Caroline Woodward
, jane luce
, Joann Horgan
, Mary Lester
, Rebecca Dixon
, Ellen Clarke
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Using the richness of braided essays, Theresa Kishkan thinks deeply about the natural world, mourns and celebrates the aging body, gently contests recorded history, and considers art and visual phenomena. Gathering personal genealogies, medical histories, and early land surveys together with insights from music, colour theory, horticulture, and textile production, Kishkan weaves a pattern of richly textured threads, welcoming readers to share her intellectual and emotional preoccupations. 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.