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In this anthology, twenty-seven of today's leading writers offer wide-ranging original
pieces exploring how Henry David Thoreau has influenced and inspired them -- and why
he matters more than ever in an age of climate, racial, and
technological reckoning. Featured are essays by Jennifer Finney
Boylan, Kristen Case, George Howe Colt, Gerald Early, Paul Elie, Will Eno, Adam
Gopnik, Lauren Groff, Celeste Headlee, Pico Iyer, Alan Lightman, James Marcus, Megan
Marshall, Michelle Nijhuis, Zoë Pollak, Jordan Salama, Tatiana Schlossberg, A. O.
Scott, Mona Simpson, Stacey Vanek Smith, Wen Stephenson, Robert Sullivan, Amor
Towles, Sherry Turkle, Geoff Wisner, Rafia Zakaria, and with a cartoon by
Sandra Boynton. This lively and compelling collection richly demonstrates the countless
ways Thoreau continues to move, challenge, and provoke readers today. This book was reviewed in Thoreau Society Bulletin 322, Summer 2023, pp. 4-6. SIGNED BY THE EDITOR on a label afixed to the half title page.
Princeton University Press, 2021. Hardcover, 368 pp.
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