Description: "Leavetakings is a collection of personal essays that convey the writer's intimate connections with Alaska. The sections in Leavetakings are structured around water: Inland, Intertidal, Upriver, At Sea. Several essays grapple with loving stolen land, and loving wild landscapes in the face of development, degradation, and resource extraction"--
Brief description:
Corinna Cook has published essays in Flyway, Alaska Quarterly Review, Ocean State Review, Alaska Magazine, and other venues.
Review Quotes: "The collection brims with intellect and lyricism, as Cook writes about climate change, salmon fisheries, Native Alaskan funeral rites, bread-making, aging parents, complex friendships, and much more. Cook's ferocious curiosity and poetic precision makes this collection a remarkable contribution to ecological nonfiction."
--Great River Review "As I read this book, I laughed out loud, I cried, and I felt the deep stirrings of my own longings and love of wild landscapes. . . . Wherever we find ourselves, Cook shows us how to bring body, heart, intelligence, historical context, and honest reckoning to the layered landscapes of home."
--Terrain