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Author: Jenna Butler ,
Marysia Bucholc
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.30cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.170kg
ISBN: 9781772123821
ISBN 10: 177212382
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 20 July 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: English
Reviews
# 7 on Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, August 16, 2018 - 20180816 The remote island of Spitsbergen, on Norway's northern Svalbard archipelago, provides the setting for Butler's evocative ruminations on the harsh beauty at the edge of the world.... Butler's book is not a standard travel narrative; rather, she wields poetic prose to describe a place that most humans will never visit. The result is highly recommended for lovers of poetry and nature writing. - Publishers Weekly, starred review - 20180901 Magnetic North is a beautiful little book, full of moments of intense vision, but it's also another ecological warning, couched in a poet's deep understanding of what she has seen & recorded in our now changing north. Wholly engaging both emotionally & intellectually, it's one of those books that truly adds to our understanding of the world we live in & continue to wound. [Full review at https: //eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/jenna-butlers-visionary-voyage-into-the-arctic/] - Douglas Barbour - Eclectic Ruckus - 20180928
# 7 on Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, August 16, 2018 - 20180816
# 7 on Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, August 16, 2018
# 7 on Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, August 16, 2018 - 20180816 The remote island of Spitsbergen, on Norway's northern Svalbard archipelago, provides the setting for Butler's evocative ruminations on the harsh beauty at the edge of the world.... Butler's book is not a standard travel narrative; rather, she wields poetic prose to describe a place that most humans will never visit. The result is highly recommended for lovers of poetry and nature writing. - Publishers Weekly, starred review - 20180901 Magnetic North is a beautiful little book, full of moments of intense vision, but it's also another ecological warning, couched in a poet's deep understanding of what she has seen & recorded in our now changing north. Wholly engaging both emotionally & intellectually, it's one of those books that truly adds to our understanding of the world we live in & continue to wound. [Full review at https: //eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/jenna-butlers-visionary-voyage-into-the-arctic/] - Douglas Barbour - Eclectic Ruckus - 20180928 # 3 on Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, December 01, 2018 - 20181201
Author Information
Jenna Butler is a poet, professor, essayist, and organic farmer from northern Alberta. Her books include Seldom Seen Road, Magnetic North, Wells, Aphelion, and an award-winning collection of ecological essays, A Profession of Hope: Farming on the Edge of the Grizzly Trail. Her memoir, Revery: A Year of Bees, was a finalist for the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-fiction.
