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   • bioText: Barry Lopez (1945–2020) was the author of various essay and story collections: Arctic Dreams, which received the National Book Award; Of Wolves and Men, a National Book Award finalist; and, most recently, Horizon, which was named a best book of the year by The New York Times, NPR, and The Guardian. A frequent contributor to both American and foreign journals, Lopez was the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim, Lannan, and National Science foundations and was honored by numerous institutions for his literary, humanitarian, and environmental work. He lived in Finn Rock, Oregon, with his wife, Debra Gwartney.
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Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World

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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 Wall Street Journal

ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Outside
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times
An ardent steward of the land, fearless traveler, and unrivaled observer of nature and culture, Barry Lopez died after a long illness on Christmas Day 2020. The previous summer, a wildfire had consumed much of what was dear to him in his home place and the community around it—a tragic reminder of the climate change of which he’d long warned.
At once a cri de coeur and a memoir of both pain and wonder, this remarkable collection of essays adds indelibly to Lopez’s legacy, and includes previously unpublished works, some written in the months before his death. They unspool memories both personal and political, among them tender, sometimes painful stories of his childhood in New York City and California, reports from expeditions to study animals and sea life, recollections of travels to Antarctica and other extraordinary places on earth, and meditations on finding oneself amid vast, dramatic landscapes. He reflects on those who taught him, including Indigenous elders and scientific mentors who sharpened his eye for the natural world. We witness poignant returns from his travels to the sanctuary of his Oregon backyard, adjacent to the McKenzie River. And in prose of searing candor, he reckons with the cycle of life, including his own, and—as he has done throughout his career—with the dangers the earth and its people are facing.
With an introduction by Rebecca Solnit that speaks to Lopez’s keen attention to the world, including its spiritual dimensions, Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World opens our minds and souls to the importance of being wholly present for the beauty and complexity of life.
“This posthumously published collection of essays by nature writer Barry Lopez reveals an exceptional life and mind . . . While certainly a testament to his legacy and an ephemeral reprieve from his death in 2020, this book is more than a memorial: it offers a clear-eyed praxis of hope in what Lopez calls this ‘Era of Emergencies.’”—Scientific American

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     April 11, 2022
     Memoir and nature writing come together in this lyrical collection from National Book Award winner Lopez (Horizon). As Lopez (1945–2020) writes of his encounters with wildlife, he pulls back to comment on larger environmental and emotional concerns. “On Location” considers an unusual type of Pacific walrus that lives alone and hunts “other marine mammals smaller than itself,” and muses on climate disruption: “To survive what’s headed our way... we will need to trust each other, because today, it’s as if every safe place has melted into the sameness of water. We are searching for the boats we forgot to build.” “Residence,” meanwhile, is an ode to the flora and fauna of his home outside of Santa Fe. The most memorable sections deal with his victimization, beginning when he was six and continuing for more than five years, by a pedophile doctor and family friend; that torment was exacerbated by Lopez’s mother’s defenses of the man and a general refusal to believe a doctor could abuse his power. “I thought of myself as a man walking around with shrapnel sealed in his flesh, and I wanted to get the fragments out,” Lopez writes in “Sliver of Sky.” Fans and newcomers alike will be enlightened by these roving explorations.

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     Starred review from May 1, 2022
     Collected essays from the 2000s by the eminent, late natural history writer. "Witness, not achievement, is what I was after." So writes Lopez (1945-2020), the indefatigable world traveler. He sought witness, to be sure: Many of the essays and articles gathered here, first published in such venues as Orion and Granta, center on exploring landscapes and the animals and people within them. "I would bring my binoculars, find a place out of the wind, and pick over the land, acre by acre, watching for movement," writes the author. The title of the book is suggestive of his concerns for a world being devoured by its human inhabitants. As he scanned the acres, Lopez was collecting images of and data on coal-fired power plants in the American West, linking anthropogenic destruction to natural beauty in order to raise big questions: "Why did you not prepare?" he imagines future generations asking the ancestors of today. "Why were you so profligate while we still had a chance? Where was your wisdom?" The wisdom Lopez sought, recorded here, was often that of Indigenous elders, whether in the Australian Outback, the Arctic, or the South African veldt. That wisdom, writes the author, so often comes in surprising forms, as when an Inuit elder describes how a young hunter learns to appreciate the ethical implications of taking an animal's life by invoking psychologist Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Well aware of his impending death to a cancer undetected until it was too late, Lopez gets deeply personal, writing with clear eyes of that death as well as of the horrific experience of sexual abuse as a child. Altogether, the pieces are honest and searching, engaging readers in the largest of questions: How do we live in the world? How do we see it? How do we protect it? The book features an introduction by Rebecca Solnit. A sterling valediction. Lopez's many followers will treasure this book.

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     Starred review from May 1, 2022
     "Perhaps the first rule of everything we endeavor to do is to pay attention," writes Lopez, a deeply ethical writer for whom paying attention was an article of faith and an art. Lopez (1945-2020) observed the world with ardent and inquisitive concentration and shared his findings and musings in works of tensile strength, lambent beauty, and descriptive and moral precision. He wanted, no, needed to know the world, traveling to nearly 80 countries, often participating in scientific field work and reveling most in places remote, extreme, and clarifying, from Antarctica to the Mojave Desert. In Horizon (2019), the last book he published during his lifetime, Lopez chronicled many of his extraordinary adventures. In this precious posthumous collection of recent and previously unpublished essays, he reveals many more dimensions of his quests and discoveries. His intimacy with place brings buried history to full life; his immersions in art deepen understanding of our species and our planet. Lopez remembers mentors and friends; recounts with courage, generosity, and artistry how nature helped him survive prolonged boyhood sexual abuse; and chronicles the tolls age and illness exacted. For all his journeys, Lopez cherished his longtime home beside Oregon's McKenzie River, and readers will treasure this hearth of a collection from a crucial and profound writer of spirit, commitment, benevolence, and reverence.

     COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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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 Wall Street Journal

ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Outside
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times
An ardent steward of the land, fearless traveler, and unrivaled observer of nature and culture, Barry Lopez died after a long illness on Christmas Day 2020. The previous summer, a wildfire had consumed much of what was dear to him in his home place and the community around it—a tragic reminder of the climate...

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