Barry Lopez



Selected Works

Fiction
Resistance
Nine interrelated stories. H.L. Davis Award for Short Fiction 2005 (Knopf 2004, Vintage 2005)
Vintage Lopez
This collection includes five essays and an excerpt from Arctic Dreams in addition to six short stories. (Vintage 2004)
Giving Birth to Thunder
Retold tales of Coyote as trickster and sage, from the traditions of Native America. (Andrews and McMeel 1978, Avon 1981)
Interviews
"The Leadership Imperative: An Interview with Oren Lyons by Barry Lopez"
BL talks with Oren Lyons, Orion (January/February 2007)
Interviews of BL
Michigan Quarterly Review (Fall 2005), Northwest Review (Spring 2006), Georgia Review (Spring 2006), No Bottom (2008)
Nonfiction
"Eden Is a Conversation"
BL's closing remarks at Quest for Global Healing, Ubud, Bali, Portland Magazine (Autumn 2006)
"Une phrase de Primo Levi"
Libération (June 24-25, 2006). Also published in English as chapbook ˇNunca Más! (Red Dragonfly Press 2007)
Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape, edited by Barry Lopez and Debra Gwartney
With an Introduction by Barry Lopez (Trinity University Press 2006)
"Out West"
Introductory essay by Barry Lopez in Emily Ballew Neff's The Modern West (Yale University Press 2006)
"Waiting for Salmon"
Granta (Summer 2005)
"A Scary Abundance of Water"
Memoir of Lopez's childhood in California's San Fernando Valley. Nominated by LA Weekly for a Pulitzer Prize. (January 11-17, 2002)
Of Wolves and Men
25th Anniversary Edition with an Afterword by BL. Photographs and marginalia throughout. (Scribner 2004)


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Bibliography: Books, Fine Press Editions, Audio Recordings


Books

Resistance, with monotypes by Alan Magee. Knopf 2004, Vintage 2005.

Vintage Lopez, Vintage 2004. Original paperback.

Light Action in the Caribbean, Knopf 2000, Vintage 2001.

About this Life, Knopf 1998, Vintage 1999.

Apologia, with woodblock illustrations by Robin Eschner, University of Georgia Press 1998. Based on the fine press limited edition, lone goose press 1997. (Both editions include Eschner's artwork & text of the essay "Apologia") Hardback edition only.

Lessons From the Wolverine, with illustrations by Tom Pohrt, University of Georgia Press 1997. Hardback edition only.

Field Notes, Knopf 1994, Vintage 2004. (Earlier softcover editions also exist.)

The Rediscovery of North America, University Press of Kentucky 1990, Vintage 1992.

Crow and Weasel, with illustrations by Tom Pohrt, North Point Press 1990, Sunburst Books 1995. (Earlier softcover editions also exist.) Stage play by Jim Leonard, Jr., with Barry Lopez, Samuel French 1996.

Crossing Open Ground, Charles Scribner's Sons 1988, Vintage 1989.

Arctic Dreams, Charles Scribner's Sons 1986, Vintage 2001. (Earlier softcover editions also exist.)

Winter Count, Charles Scribner's Sons 1981, Vintage 2001.

River Notes, Andrews and McMeel 1979, Avon 1980. (After 1990 appears in a combined volume entitled Desert Notes/River Notes, Avon 1990.)

Of Wolves and Men, Charles Scribner's Sons 1978, Scribner Library 1979. Twenty-fifth anniversary edition, with afterword and additional bibliographic notes by BL, in hardcover and softcover editions, Scribner 2004.

Giving Birth to Thunder, Andrews and McMeel 1978, Avon 1981.

Desert Notes, Sheed, Andrews & McMeel 1976, Avon 1981. (After 1990, appears in a combined volume entitled Desert Notes/River Notes, Avon 1990.)
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Books Edited by BL

Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape, edited by Barry Lopez and Debra Gwartney. With an Introduction by Barry Lopez and black-and-white illustrations by Molly O'Halloran, Trinity University Press 2006.


Fine Press Editions,
Chapbooks & Broadsides


Available at the Press

ˇNunca Más! Limited edition chapbook, an essay that originally appeared in French in Libération as "Une phrase de Primo Levi." Wood engraving, "Gate of Death," by Carol Inderieden. Red Dragonfly Press 2007. Edition of 350 copies; ninety numbered and signed. Designed, printed offset, and sewn by Scott King.

The Mappist. Slipcased artist's book by Charles Hobson. Short story from Light Action in the Caribbean. Edition of 48, signed and numbered. Bound in board covers, concertina-bound pages, letterpress printed. Digital pigment prints on transparent film. Assembled using original USGS maps, slipcase wrapped with a 1911 map of Bogota. 11" h x 10" w. Charles Hobson Pacific Editions 2005, San Francisco, California.

[Untitled, 2005]. Broadside. Paragraph from "Apocalypse," a short story in Resistance. lone goose press, Eugene, Oregon, September 2005. Edition of 100, signed and numbered.

[Untitled, 2004]. Broadside. Badger's storytelling quote from Crow and Weasel. lone goose press, Eugene, Oregon, 2004. Edition of 100, signed.

Pulling Wire. Limited edition book, hard and soft covers. Short story from Iron Horse magazine. Red Dragonfly Press, Northfield, Minnesota, 2004. 16 pages. Edition of 36, signed, in hard covers. Edition of 225, unsigned, in soft covers.

The Letters of Heaven. Limited edition book, hard covers only. Short story from Light Action in the Caribbean, with hand-colored etchings by Robin Eschner. Knight Library Press, Eugene, Oregon, 2000. Edition of 125, signed and numbered. Boxed. 32 pages.
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Occasionally available through dealers

The Near Woods [2006]. An essay bound in boards by Charles Hobson with the assistance of Alice Shaw, and covered with a reproduction of "Dosino del Rancho San Miguelito," a drawing, circa 1841, used to establish land grants in California. Edition of 26 signed and lettered, 10" h x 7" w, published by Pacific Editions, 2006, with hand colored digital pigment print by Charles Hobson. Sold out at the press.

The Near Woods [2005]. Chapbook. Uncollected essay from Seneca Review. Tangram Press, Berkeley, California, 2005. Edition of 165. Sold out at the Press.

Barry Lopez [2005a]. Keepsake chapbook. Paragraph from "Apocalypse" in Resistance. lone goose press, Eugene, Oregon, 2005. Edition of 150, signed. No longer available at the Press. [For a similar item, see "Untitled, 2005" above, under "Available at the Press."]

Barry Lopez [2005b]. Keepsake broadside. Paragraph from "A Voice" in About This Life. The Press at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 2005. Edition of 100. No longer available at the Press.

[Untitled, 2004]. Keepsake broadside. Paragraph from "Apocalypse" in Resistance. Stern & Faye, Cedro Woolly, Washington 2004. Edition of 100, signed and numbered. No longer available at the Press.[For a similar item, see "Untitled, 2005" above, under "Available at the Press."]

Barry Lopez [2002]. Keepsake broadside. Quote from The Rediscovery of North America. Red Dragonfly Press, Northfield, Minnesota, 2002. Edition printing unknown. No longer available at the Press.

Anotaciones [2001]. Artist's book by Charles Hobson. Text from "Ruben Mendoza Vega..." in Light Action in the Caribbean. Pacific Editions, San Francisco, California. Edition of 30. Sold out at the Press.

Apologia [1997]. Artist's book by Robin Eschner. Essay from About This Life. lone goose press, Eugene, Oregon. Edition of 50, signed and numbered. Boxed. 24 pages. Sold out at the Press.

Looking in a Deeper Lair [1996]. Limited edition book, hard and soft covers. Eulogy for Wallace Stegner, with an intaglio print by Suellen Larkin. lone goose press, Eugene, Oregon. Edition of 150 softcover copies, signed and numbered, and 26 hardcover copies, signed and lettered. 24 pages. Both bindings sold out at the Press.

[Untitled, 1993]. Keepsake broadside. Quote from "Informed by Indifference" in About This Life. 1993. No further information.

Occupancy [1993]. Folded broadside (Morning Star Portfolio, vol. 3, no. 4). Hand-drawn map of BL's property, handwritten notes and text, all by the author, with three photographs by Kate Joost. Morning Star Press, Edinburgh, Scotland. Edition of 300. Sold out at the Press.

[Untitled, 1992]. Artist's broadside by Clair Van Vliet. Quote from Arctic Dreams. Janus Press, West Burke, Vermont, 1992. Edition of 90 signed copies. Sold out at the Press.

Children in the Woods [1992]. Artist's book by Margaret Prentice. Essay from Crossing Open Ground, woodcut illustrations and handmade papers by Margaret Prentice. lone goose press, Eugene, Oregon. Edition of 75, signed and numbered. 24 pages. Sold out at the Press.

[Untitled, 1991a]. Broadside. Quote from Arctic Dreams. 1991. No further information.

[Untitled, 1991b]. Artist's poster by Elizabeth Gallery. Quote from "Searching for Ancestors" in Crossing Open Ground. Elizabeth Gallery, Santa Barbara, California, 1991. Edition of 23. Sold out at the artist's studio.

[Untitled, 1991c]. Small keepsake broadside. Badger's storytelling quote from Crow and Weasel. Okeanos Press, Oakland, California, 1990 or 1991. Edition of 90. No longer available at the Press.

[Untitled, 1990a]. Keepsake broadside. Paragraph from "The Passing Wisdom of Birds" in Crossing Open Ground. Okeanos Press, Oakland, California, 1990. Edition of 250. No longer available at the Press.

[Untitled, 1990b]. Keepsake broadside. Badger's storytelling quote from Crow and Weasel. Hungry Mind Book Store, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1990. Edition of 100, signed and numbered. No longer available at the store.

Coyote Love [1989]. Limited edition book. Three Trickster stories from Giving Birth to Thunder, adapted by the author for this edition, with illustrations by Gary Buch and hand illuminated by Allen Wong. Coyote Love Press, Portland, Maine. 32 pages. Sold out at the Press.

Portfolio [1984]. Loose collection of 12 authors' broadsides. "A Short Manifesto" by Barry Lopez, written for the collection. Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, Washington. Edition of 100. Sold out at the Press.

Desert Reservation. Chapbook. Poem. Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, Washington, 1980. Edition of 300 plus 26 signed and lettered. 12 pages. Sold out at the Press.
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Audio
(read by the author)

Light Action in the Caribbean, HighBridge Audio 2000

Field Notes, HighBridge Audio 2000

Crossing Open Ground, HighBridge Audio 2000

About This Life, Dove Audio 1998

Crow and Weasel, Random House Audio 1991

Barry Lopez Reads, American Audio Prose Library 1985

River Notes, collaboration with cellist David Darling, Wind Over the Earth 1981, remastered 2004





Apologia,
with woodcuts by Robin Eschner.
University of Georgia Press 1998

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Selected Interviews

"The Big Rhythm: A Conversation with Barry Lopez on the McKenzie River," with Michael Shapiro.
Michigan Quarterly Review, Fall 2005

"The Search for a Seamless Coherence: An Interview with Barry Lopez," with William Tydeman.
Iron Horse Literary Review,
First Frost 2003

"Ecologies of Love: An Interview with Barry Lopez," with Daniel J. Philippon. Ruminator Review, Winter 2002-2003

"Nature Writing, American Literature, and the Idea of Community," with David Thomas Sumner.
Weber Studies, Spring 2001

"Leaning into the Light: An Interview with Barry Lopez," with Alice Evans.
Poets & Writers, April 1994
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Writers on the Air: Conversations About Books, with Donna Seaman, includes an interview with BL.
Paul Dry Books 2005

Alan Magee: Paintings, Sculpture, Graphics, includes the edited transcript of a conversation between Alan Magee and Barry Lopez. Forum 2003

The Book that Changed My Life, includes an interview of BL with Diane Osen.
Modern Library 2002

Writing Natural History: Dialogues with Authors, Edward Lueders, ed., includes a conversation between E.O. Wilson and Barry Lopez.
University of Utah Press 1989

The Field's End: Interviews with Twenty Northwest Writers, includes an interview with BL by Nicholas O'Connell. Madrona 1987

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Desert Notes
Sheed, Andrews and McMeel 1976

Coyote Builds North America
Poster for Arena Stage Production
Washington, DC 2000
Illustration by
Jody Hewgill


Field Notes
Knopf 1994,
Vintage 2004

Lessons from the Wolverine,
with illustrations by Tom Pohrt.
University of Georgia Press 1997

Program, Inauguration of Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts, Invocation by BL, December 1994

Crossing Open Ground
Charles Scribner's Sons 1988,
Vintage 1989

Giving Birth to Thunder
Cover illustration by Tom Pohrt
Andrews and McMeel 1977, Avon 1981

Winter Count
Charles Scribner's Sons 1981,
Vintage 1999

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Contents © 1966
to current, by
Barry Holstun Lopez.
All Rights Reserved.

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