{"title":"Kathryn Savage","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"groundglass","title":"Groundglass","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9a6372;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn essay by Kathryn Savage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAugust 2, 2022 • 5.5 x 8.25 • 240 pages • 978-1-56689-640-5\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e“Could there be something humbling and revolutionary in understanding myself as a site of contamination?”\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroundglass\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eGroundglass\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that no living thing exists on its own. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKathryn Savage’s writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction, Ecotone Magazine,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review, BOMB,\u003c\/i\u003e and the anthology \u003ci\u003eRewilding: Poems for the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e. Recipient of the Academy of American Poets James Wright Prize, she has received support from fellowships and residencies including the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Minnesota State Arts Board, Ucross Foundation, and Tulsa Artist Fellowship. She lives with her family in Minneapolis and teaches creative writing at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eGroundglass\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript src=\"https:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/1.7.1\/jquery.min.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cscript src=\"http:\/\/tester3.yolasite.com\/resources\/javascript\/jtruncate.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n\/\/ Settings for script \n$(document).ready(function() { \n$('.text').jTruncate({ \nlength: 900, \/* The number of characters to display before truncating. *\/ \n\nminTrail: 0, \/* The minimum number of \"extra\" characters required to truncate. 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This work is a worthy reflection.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Abby Manzella,\u003cem\u003e Star Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“From Superfund sites and brownfields to polluted waters and the local industrial yard of her childhood, Savage delivers her poetic dispatches from injured places. Through memoir, essay, and reportage twined with her grief for a dying father and the challenges of early parenthood, she explores the relationships between toxicity and disease, and the unbreakable connections between people and places.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Orion Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Savage’s work in \u003cem\u003eGroundglass\u003c\/em\u003e is about bringing similar stories from disparate individuals across multiple states, linking what can feel like individual instances of industrial failure to display the systemic issues harming so many. . . . To imagine possibilities for remediation, to consider how to form communities around care for land and care for people. The work begins with looking, but it cannot end there.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Julia Shiota, \u003cem\u003eBelt Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Savage masterfully unites the personal and the political through lyrical flair and an inquisitive approach into environmental existentialism. . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGroundglass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a spiritual sequel to Rachel Carson’s landmark \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. But the beauty and dedication of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGroundglass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is worthy of more than a flattering comparison. Savage’s writing is both scholarly and accessible, resulting in a powerful and profound debut.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Evan Youngs,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRain Taxi Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Kirkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Tara Friedman, \u003cem\u003eWest Trade Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A poetic reckoning with environmental pollution and its unavoidable connection to human bodies. . . . \u003cem\u003eGroundglass\u003c\/em\u003e 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.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Lillie Gardner, \u003cem\u003eEcoLit Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eGroundglass\u003c\/em\u003e 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.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Kathryn Nuernberger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Kazim Ali\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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. \u003cem\u003eGroundglass\u003c\/em\u003e is both a commitment and a grappling, and for that reason it will stay with me for a very long time.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Elizabeth Rush\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.’” \u003cstrong\u003e—Diane Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHPbeta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39546589347917,"sku":"","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1475\/9808\/products\/9781566896405_FC.jpg?v=1636517543"}],"url":"https:\/\/coffeehousepress.org\/collections\/kathryn-savage.oembed","provider":"Coffee House Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}