Kathleen Jamie | Granta Magazine

Kathleen Jamie

Kathleen Jamie is a poet and essayist. Her books include the essay collections Findings and Sightlines and the poetry collections The Overhaul and The Bonniest Companie, which will be published this autumn. She is Chair of Poetry at Stirling University and lives with her family in Fife.

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 133 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 133 padlock

Upriver

Kathleen Jamie

‘I liked the way she travelled: with her iPod in one pocket, her traditional Yup’ik woman’s knife, or ulu, in the other.’

Art & Photography | Issue 120
Art & Photography | Issue 120

Frissure

Kathleen Jamie & Brigid Collins

‘The survival rates for people like me are high nowadays.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 102 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 102 padlock

Pathologies

Kathleen Jamie

‘It felt surprisingly good to be part of that rough tribe of the mortal.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 102 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 102 padlock

Airds Moss

Kathleen Jamie

‘It could almost have been Neolithic, an ancient and mysterious earthworks.’

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