![]() Times says his writing is like pure oxygen, and “stings like a slap in the face.” The New York Times says “Childs’s feats of asceticism are nothing if not awe inspiring: he’s a modern-day desert father.” He has been called a born storyteller by the New York Sun, and the L.A. The expeditions Childs undertakes often last weeks or months, informing his writing with a hard-earned sense of landscape and culture. border issues to the last free-flowing rivers of Tibet. ![]() His subjects range from pre-Columbian archaeology to U.S. He is a commentator for National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Men’s Journal, Outside and Orion. He has published more than a dozen critically acclaimed books on nature, science, and adventure. ![]() And since Childs received a self-designed master’s degree in desert studies from Prescott College on desert flash-flood hydrology, desert biology and the ecology of desert water holes, you can imagine this will be a unique and thoughtful presentation.Ĭhilds is a writer who focuses on natural sciences, archaeology, and mind-blowing journeys into the wilderness. On Friday, June 11, at 8 p.m., Craig Childs, adventurer, explorer and lyrical writer, will present a program on water, “Images From Around the World: Water From the Deepest Deserts to the Wildest Rivers” at the San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center. ![]()
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