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Wild Things

EDWARD HOAGLAND, whom John Updike has described as the best essayist of his generation, was born in New York City in 1932. His books include the novels Cat Man, Seven Rivers West; the travel books Notes from the Century Before: a Journal of British Columbia, African Calliope: a Journey to the Sudan; and the collections of essays The Courage of Turtles, Red Wolves and Black Bears and The Tugman's Passage. His most recent work is Heart's Desire.

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