Reviews
Review by: Elizabeth Dodd, author of PROSPECT - January 2, 2023
"In this warm-spirited book of essays, John Lane's good-humored love for the natural world turns toward retrospection. Fossils--'talismans of time,' he calls them; tales from collecting trips and field work; reminiscences of both texts and friendships that transcend the 'shallow time' of daily life--Lane considers all these, sifting through more than four decades' worth of his deep love for the evolved, evolving world. Attentive to the wild and humane at heart, this is a lovely book."
Review by: Hal Herzog, author of SOME WE LOVE, SOME WE HATE, SOME WE EAT - January 2, 2023
"Part memoir, part travel log, part adventures in field biology, this collection is a moving reflection on the roles of animals in human psychological and spiritual life. John Lane views the natural world through the eyes of a poet. He is a modern-day Henry Thoreau, and the swamps, woodlands, and rivers of the American South are his Walden Pond."
Review by: Brent Martin, author of GEORGE MASA'S WILD VISION - January 2, 2023
"This collection is the result of an attentive life spent in humility before creation--a storied meditation on presence among the many under-appreciated creatures with which we share existence. In a time when world weariness is the norm, John Lane reminds us of our unique gift as a species to join hands, fins, paws, and claws together."