Barry Lopez was the author of Arctic Dreams (Bookshop|Amazon),winner of the National Book Award, and the editor, along with his wife Debra Gwartney, of Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape (Bookshop|Amazon). In the introduction to his memoir, About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory (Bookshop|Amazon), he offered wise advice about how to become a better writer. This is part of a complete episode.
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