Description:
A former artist's model and muse reclaims her image and voice, dismantling the male gaze that once framed her.
Brief description:
Theresa Kishkan lives on the Sechelt Peninsula, BC with her husband, poet John Pass. She has published 16 books, several of which have been nominated for awards, including the Hubert Evans Award and the Ethel Wilson Prize. Theresa's essay collection Phantom Limb received the inaugural Readers' Choice Award from the Creative Nonfiction Collective in 2008.
Review Quotes:
"Theresa Kishkan writes beautifully about art and selfhood, about the timorous spirit of young women during an era that was repressive of their sexuality even while it held them accountable for men's desires and actions. For British Columbia readers, this is also a fascinating portrait of Victoria during the era of the significant Limners Society, a group of artists and writers that included (as well as Kishkan's portraitist), crucial figures like Myfanwy Pavelic and poet-critic Robin Skelton."--Heidi Tiedemann Darroch, Canadian Women's Crime Fiction