Barry Lopez

Horizon by Barry Lopez, author of the acclaimed Arctic Dreams, presents a vivid and profound narrative that chronicles the remarkable travels of Lopez across the globe. In this far-ranging and deeply personal work, Lopez takes readers on an extraordinary journey from the bustling modern megacities to some of the planet's most remote and desolate regions. He ventures from Western Oregon...

Winner of the National Book Award in 1986, Lopez's magnum opus explores the Arctic landscape and the hold it continues to exert on our imagination. As heard on BBC Radio 4 A master nature writer (New York Times) provides the ultimate natural, social, and cultural history of the Arctic landscape. The author of Horizon's classic work explores the Arctic landscape...

The six stories in Outside showcase Barry Lopez's majestic talent as a fiction writer. Lopez writes in spare prose, but his narratives resonate with an uncanny power. With a reverence for our exterior and interior landscapes, these stories offer profound insight into the relationships between humans and animals, creativity and beauty, and, ultimately, life and death. Again and again, whether...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “lyrical” (Chicago Tribune) final work of nonfiction from the National Book Award–winning author of Arctic Dreams and Horizon, a literary icon whose writing, fieldwork, and mentorship inspired generations of writers and activists.   “Mesmerizing . . . a master observer . . . whose insight and moral clarity have earned comparisons to Henry David Thoreau.”—The...

An ardent steward of the land, fearless traveller and unrivalled observer of nature and culture, Barry Lopez died after a long illness on Christmas Day in 2020. The previous summer, a wildfire had consumed much of what was dear to him in his home and the community around it - a tragic reminder of the climate change of which he'd...