Barry Lopez

Barry Lopez

Barry Lopez was an essayist, author, and short story writer who traveled extensively in both remote and populated parts of the world. He was the author of Arctic Dreams, winner of the National Book Award; Of Wolves and Men, a National Book Award finalist and winner of the John Burroughs and Christopher medals; and eight works of fiction, including Light Action in the Caribbean, Field Notes, and Resistance. His essays are collected in Crossing Open Ground and About This Life. He contributed regularly to Granta, Georgia Review, Orion, Outside, Paris Review, Manoa, and other publications. His work has appeared in dozens of anthologies, including Best American Essays, Best Spiritual Writing, and the “best” collections from National Geographic, Outside, Georgia Review, Paris Review, and other magazines.

Books by Barry Lopez

Nonfiction
Writing on a Human Ecology from Orion Magazine
By
Barry Lopez

This timely collection—featuring essays from Wendell Berry, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Bill McKibben, and Rebecca Solnit, among others—challenges the division of human society from the natural world that has often characterized traditional environmentalism. These essays are required reading for anyone interested in a livable future for the planet.

Foreword by Barry Lopez

Nonfiction
A Global Conversation on Community, Identity, and Place
By
Annick Smith and Susan O’Connor

A multicultural anthology about the enduring importance and shifting associations of the hearth in our world.

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