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Barry Lopez

Barry Lopez's books include Light Action in the Caribbean (stories), About This Life (essays and memoir), the novella-length fable Crow and Weasel, and Arctic Dreams (nonfiction), for which he received the National Book Award. He has traveled extensively in remote regions of the world, and his work has been widely translated and anthologized. He is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim, Lannan, and National Science foundations; the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the John Burroughs and John Hay medals; and other honors. He lives in rural western Oregon.

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Excerpt 1 from Of Wolves and Men
Aug 04, 2012
Of Wolves and Men will be released on August 20, 2008 in eBook
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Of Wolves and Men will be released on August 20, 2008 in eBook
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Of Wolves and Men will be released on August 20, 2008 in eBook
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Of Wolves and Men will be released on August 20, 2008 in eBook
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Of Wolves and Men will be released on August 20, 2008 in eBook
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Sanjuanjournal.com, April 5, 2013
...winner of the Burroughs medal, Hanson joins a long list of nature-science writing luminaries, such as Rachel Carson, Barry Lopez and Aldo Leopold, to name a few. That's pretty good company for a field biologist-turned-author whose first book, "The...
New York Review of Books, February 15, 2013
...and Ted Stevens, then senator from Alaska, said that ANWR In an excerpt from his classic Arctic Dreams, Barry Lopez describes flying over two bowheads that “made a single movement together, a slow, rolling turn and graceful glide, like figure skaters...
Guardian.co.uk, January 31, 2013
...comforting than reading accounts of vanished or threatened peoples and the splendid folk who sought them out In Barry Lopez's haunting, poetic book about the hyperborean realms, Arctic Dreams, there's a magnificent story about an Inuit family who are...
Oregonian, January 10, 2013
..."Fresh Air" host Terry Gross interviewed Oregon author Barry Lopez about his essay in the January issue of Harper's magazine. A recording of the 44-minute conversation, in which Lopez talked about being sexually abused as a child by...
Oregonian, January 9, 2013
...Oregon author Barry Lopez will appear on "Fresh Air" at 7 p.m. Thursday on KOPB (91.5). Lopez will discuss "Sliver of Sky," his essay on being sexually abused as a...
Adventures NW Magazine, December 20, 2012
...dream, damn the torpedoes. But, here’s the thing. I also love contemplative nature writing. The meditations of Barry Lopez, David James Duncan, Terry Tempest Williams. The elevation of what is often considered minutia, the focus on what – at first...
Oregonian, December 19, 2012
...Barry Lopez has an essay, "Sliver of Sky," in the January issue of Harper’s magazine. It’s a first-person account of how he was sexually abused by a predatory...
Korea Times, January 13, 2013
...MEXICO CITY ― Barry Lopez's 1998 collection of essays, "About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory," was part of my holiday reading. The National Book Award-winning author explores many places...
San Angelo Standard-Times, January 12, 2013
...MEXICO CITY — Barry Lopez's 1998 collection of essays, "About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory," was part of my holiday reading. The National Book Award-winning author explores many places...
WXEL, January 11, 2013
...Barry Lopez's essay in January's Harper's Magazine is the first time he has written about the sexual abuse he suffered for four years beginning when he was 7...
Harpers Magazine, January 11, 2013
...On NPR’s Fresh Air yesterday, author Barry Lopez had a lengthy discussion with Terry Gross about “ Sliver of Sky ,” his essay about the sexual abuse he suffered as a child, which appears in the January 2013 issue...
Abilene Reporter, January 11, 2013
...MEXICO CITY â Barry Lopez's 1998 collection of essays, "About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory," was part of my holiday reading. The National Book Award-winning author explores many places...
MCN, January 11, 2013
...Much acclaimed author Barry Lopez lives now in Oregon, but he grew up in the San Fernando Valley in the 1940s and 50s. He writes in this month's Harper's, for the first...
Wyoming Public Radio, January 10, 2013
...Barry Lopez's essay in January's Harper's Magazine is the first time he has written about the sexual abuse he suffered for four years beginning when he was 7...