Groundglass

“Like Joan Didion in The Year of Magical Thinking. . . This work is a worthy reflection.”
Star Tribune

Praise for Groundglass

  • “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.”

    —Orion Magazine

  • “Savage’s work in Groundglass 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.”

    —Belt Magazine

  • “Savage masterfully unites the personal and the political through lyrical flair and an inquisitive approach into environmental existentialism. . . . Groundglass is a spiritual sequel to Rachel Carson’s landmark Silent Spring. But the beauty and dedication of Groundglass is worthy of more than a flattering comparison. Savage’s writing is both scholarly and accessible, resulting in a powerful and profound debut.”

    Rain Taxi Review of Books

  • “A poetic reckoning with environmental pollution and its unavoidable connection to human bodies. . . . Groundglass 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.”

    EcoLit Books

  • “Savage explores her ideas in a unique way, creating something inexplicably moving through her mixture of memoir and poetry. . . . Savage has achieved something remarkable in Groundglass, something worthy of meditation and deep thought.”

    —World Literature Today

About

Kathryn Savage is a hybrid writer who explores our relationship with the environment. Her debut book of nonfiction, Groundglass, is now available for purchase from Coffee House Press.

Writing

Kathryn writes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. She also reviews books and interviews other writers. For a sample of her work in these areas, read on.

Contact Kathryn

Literary Agent: For publishing inquiries, contact Samantha Shea at Georges Borchardt, Inc: Samantha at gbagency.com

Publicity: For publicity inquiries, contact Laura Graveline at Coffee House Press: Laura at coffeehousepress.org

For all other inquiries, use the contact form.

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