Robert Macfarlane | The New York Review of Books

A Fireball from the Sands

Ecocide, toxic masculinity, fear of death, and more: the Epic of Gilgamesh’s themes could be transcribed from yesterday’s newspaper.

Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic

translated from the Akkadian and with essays by Sophus Helle

October 20, 2022 issue

Ramblin’ Man

“I’m fascinated by the notion of storytelling as wayfinding. The compact between narrative and walking is ancient—every path tells.”

July 10, 2021

The Landscapes Inside Us

Our navigational ability as a species is closely connected to our ability to tell stories about ourselves that unfold both backward and forward in time.

Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World

by M.R. O’Connor

From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way

by Michael Bond

Nature Shock: Getting Lost in America

by Jon T. Coleman

July 1, 2021 issue

The Crapola Sublime

Traces of J.B. Jackson: The Man Who Taught Us to See Everyday America

by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz

April 9, 2020 issue