Anthony Doerr

Irish Times

anthony — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:05:50 +0000

His writing is lyrical, his stories are moving and his style is controlled. -From a brief review in the Irish Times.

The Street Sweeper

anthony — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:30:49 +0000

Preachy fiction is so often joyless fiction. It is uncomplicated fiction. Yet, despite its narrative breadth and complexity, more than any novel I’ve read in the past few years, “The Street Sweeper’’ risks being called preachy. It’s very last line, after all – no spoiler here, don’t worry – is “Tell everyone what happened here.’’ From a review of Elliot Perlman’s The Street Sweeper in the Feburary 5 Sunday Globe.

The Moment

anthony — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:37:38 +0000

I have a short essay about almost drowning in a new book called The Moment: Wild, Poignant, Life-Changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous & Obscure. There’re lots of smart, alarming, funny, charming, and fascinating pieces in this little book.

Independent

anthony — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:27:07 +0000

Brilliant… Like Proust, Doerr understands that reminiscences are prompted by the most mundane of things . A review in The Independent

Planet Zoo

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:24:14 +0000

Anthony writes about gigantic Frisbees and whale carcasses and huge smacks of jellyfish demolishing salmon farms, as well as the future of global warming, in a chilling new essay for TMN.

Best of 2011

anthony — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:47:20 +0000

Anthony’s column about his favorite science titles from 2011 features books about our freshwater crisis, books about information overload, a memoir by the world’s most famous ornithologist, and a fascinating new title about how impressive science (in mathematics, genetics, astronomy) is being accomplished by crowds using the tools of the Internet.

Lit Pub

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:37:13 +0000

Anthony on a favorite book.

New Travel Essay in NY Times

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:00:52 +0000

Here remain some of the least-studied places in the world, with thousands of creatures that exist absolutely nowhere else. There are cecropia trees that swarm with ants if you rap their hollow trunks; cuckoos that throw their voices; strangler figs that latch onto another tree midtrunk, drop aerial roots down to the ground and choke their host tree to death. From Send in the Clouds a new essay in the New York Times T Magazine.

Draining America

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:10:38 +0000

Groundwater supplies all over the nation are dropping, even in the relatively wet Southeast. Wetlands have become as rare as sea-run salmon, and Lake Mead, which supplies 90 percent of Las Vegas’s water, could be dry by as soon as 2021. From Draining America, an October 2nd column in the Sunday Globe.

Best American NonRequired Reading 2011

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:45:57 +0000

Anthony’s story “The Deep” is part of Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011, edited by Dave Eggers.