The hinterlands of our world are vast and majestic and unapologetic. They are also, aptly, wild. In both the historical and contemporary landscapes of our presenters’ featured titles, the earth is untamed. It provides just as capriciously as it turns merciless. Characters and narrators are transformed by the hand that Mother Nature has dealt them. They learn to sacrifice and survive; be curious and respectful, out of fear and awe. They depart, changed from how they first arrived, and, in doing so, leave the world altered as well.

Presenters: Allegra Goodman, Eowyn Ivey, M. Bartley Seigel

Moderator: Lillian Li