Olson Nature Writing Award, the Galen Rowell Art of Adventure Award and the Spirit of the West Award.
He has won the Orion Book Award and has twice won the Sigurd F. A river guide, faculty member, natural history field instructor, adventurer and writer, Childs has authored over a dozen books about human migration, wilderness, archeology, nature – and wild animals. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in women’s studies from CU Boulder and a master’s degree in desert studies from Prescott College. Since then, Childs’s life has been grounded in the desert southwest interspersed with venturing much further afield. As a teen, he worked for what he refers to as a “fly-by-night canoe outfit” running trips on the Yampa, Gunnison and Colorado rivers.
He started his life of inquiry and adventure early as a 12-year-old chasing a bear through the forest with a camera. He is from Arizona and now lives in Colorado. “The Animal Dialogues” by Craig Childs is Colorado Mountain College’s Common Reader book for 2022.Ĭhilds has an extensive background in the southwest and beyond. In addition to a Common Reader art and creative writing contest, CMC faculty members build lesson plans around the book and the college invites the author to CMC campuses for live talks. That’s the way these large, smart and sometimes boisterous black birds perceive it anyway.Ĭhilds writes of numerous profound encounters he’s had around the world with ravens and dozens of other animals, from mosquitoes to jaguars to bighorn sheep, in “The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild.”Įvery year since 2007, a committee of CMC faculty and staff selects a book to read together with students and community members. His book is a collection of short stories based on encounters he’s had with a wide range of creatures, from mosquitos to sharks, from bighorn sheep to mountain lions and many more.Īudience members need not have read the book to enjoy Craig tell of his adventures.Īccording to Childs, ravens are superior to humans – and to every other creature. The noted and award-winning nature writer (The Atlantic, The New York Times, more), is a compelling storyteller and a fascinating observer of animals in the wild. This is part of a CMC Common Reader author talk series Childs is visiting four other CMC campuses this week and will give a total of eight talks by the end of the month. The talk will be presented at the SteamPlant Event Center, 220 West Sackett Ave., Salida
The public is invited and encouraged to attend.Ĭolorado Mountain College (CMC) will present a free author talk at 12:00 noon, March 29 featuring Colorado writer Craig Childs, author of “The Animal Dialogues,” the college’s 2022 Common Reader. Author Craig Childs, here at CMC Rifle on March 22, will be giving a free talk at the SteamPlant at 12:00 noon on March 29. “The Animal Dialogues” is the 2022 Common Reader selection at Colorado Mountain College.
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