Author Description

In Elemental: A Miscellany of Salt Cod and Islands, Linda Buckmaster follows the call of the elements-rock, sea, sky, wind. Elemental is the first installment in a series of creative and eclectic responses to the beauty and realities of islands in Maine, Newfoundland, and northwest Scotland. Through essay, poetry, and fiction, Linda traces the imprint of the lowly salt cod over time in communities across the North Atlantic and Caribbean. Previously an editor for a commercial fishing magazine and former Poet Laureate of her small Maine town, Linda knits fact and lyric into her narrative net.