Braiding together personal, collective, and historical explorations of what it means to “go west,” Half-Light offers deep reflections on the meaning of life, middle age, and climate catastrophe.
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- 204
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- Edmonton, CA
- Series
- Wayfarer
Table of Contents
- Front cover 1
- Title page 4
- Copyright page 5
- Dedication 6
- Epigraphs 8
- Contents 10
- Prologue 14
- Central Alberta, Somewhere Near Rumsey 18
- Westbound 22
- Retlaw 26
- On Fire for the Rest of My Life 32
- Rossdale Flats and the Bomb Shelter 40
- The West and Its Ruins 44
- Swan Hills 50
- Westbound All Along 54
- Campus Saint-Jean 60
- The End of the World and the Ends of the Earth 64
- Dalum 72
- Orphans 74
- St. Paul 78
- My Seventies 84
- Strathcona Science Park 94
- The Years Before Me, the Years Behind 100
- Newbrook 108
- Ancestors and Descendants 114
- Wostok and Spaca Moskalyk 118
- Home for theTime Being 126
- Packingtown 132
- The Most Important Things Have Already Happened 142
- Holy Transfiguration 146
- Standing Pose 156
- Rowley 162
- “Your Cell Will Teach You” 164
- Newcastle Mine 174
- Time Management 178
- Abbotsford 182
- Keeping Time 186
- Rochfort Bridge 190
- Pigeons 194
- Palliser Triangle 202
- Who Is That? 206
- Bunchberry Meadows 212
- Top Ten Crises 216
- Beaverhill Lake 224
- Epilogue: Eastbound 230
- Acknowledgements 238
- References 240
- About the Author 246
