Back at the end of the last century, I and many other readers around the world were bowled over by “The Voyage of the Narwhal” (1998), Andrea Barrett’s fictional account of a band of American ...
Director's foreword / Jill Medvedow -- Into the field / Ruth Erickson -- Mark Dion's tropical ecology / James Nisbet -- Wonders of the sea / Andrea Barrett -- Some notes toward a manifesto for artists ...
Andrea Barrett is one of those rare writers who explores historical and scientific themes in her fiction. Her accomplishments have been recognized with a National Book Award and a MacArthur grant, but ...