Desert Notebooks by Ben Ehrenreich

Through his own narrative, Ehrenreich interlaces reflections of the Mojave Desert with themes of climate science, mythologies, and personal anecdotes. He argues that desert ecosystems can show us how our behavior within the Anthropocene has affected the environment over short and long periods of time, introducing the types of geopolitical climates that sprout from finding places like the Mojave and Las Vegas side by side. In addition, motifs of owls dating back to Greek mythology and the evolution of written language across various cultures guide the reader through a journey of self-reflection on what it means to be human in earth’s newest era.  

Paperback, 336 pages, Counterpoint LLC, 8 ¼” x 5 ½”.