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Bookworm, no. 148

Grace Henkel reviews Theresa Kishkan’s “The Art of Looking Back.” Rob Benvie on Jeff Miller’s “Temporary Palaces.” Inside the May issue.

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Literary Review of Canada
May 19, 2026
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The Art of Looking Back
Theresa Kishkan
Thornapple Press
216 pages, hardcover, ebook, and audiobook

In 1978, the twenty-three-year-old poet Theresa Kishkan opened a letter from Jack Wilkinson, a respected artist. It contained a nude portrait of her and an admission that he wanted to draw her: “As you might deduce, I am enchanted.” She responded, even though…

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