Christopher Cokinos
Christopher Cokinos is the author of The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars, forthcoming from Tarcher/Penguin in summer 2009. “The Resurrection of Acraman” is excerpted from the book. The winner of a Whiting Award, he is also the author of Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds, which will be rereleased in May.
Articles
- The Resurrection of Acraman
Meteorites and creation: Scientists uncover the beginnings of life at Lake Acraman's ancient impact site.
- The Dictionary as Field Guide
Inspired by the jarring nature of human presence in the hauntingly bare landscapes of Greenland, one conservationist investigates how the written word--though presently enhancing the disconnect between man and nature--may save his floundering planet from eventual collapse.
