January 30, 2012 When Michael Sims walked into a used bookstore in his hometown of Crossville, he discovered a set of children’s encyclopedias from the 1950s and ’60s—books which first spoke to him in the hybrid language of knowledge, curiosity, and wonder—that made him want to be a writer:
Read moreTracing the Origins of Empathy for the Natural World
In a new essay for the Chronicle of Higher Education, Michael Sims recalls the books that first led him to nature