Off the Beaten Path

Stories of Place

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Edited by Joseph Barbato and Lisa Weinerman Horak,

Introduction by Barbara Kingsolver

North Point Press

Due/Published June 1999, 272 pages, paper

ISBN 0865475385

The Nature Conservancy asked thirteen writers to visit one of its preserves or write from past outdoor experiences, allowing a place to trigger their imaginations and make a story possible. Several authors were inspired by landscapes of their youth (Jill McCorkle's North Carolina woods, or Richard Bausch's Blue Ridge Mountains), while others explored territory unfamiliar to them, such as Eric Lustbader, who trekked to Alaska.

Contributors include Julia Alvarez, Rick Bass, Rita Mae Brown, Gretel Ehrlich, Barry Lopez, Howard Norman, and Annie Proulx.