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- Finders Keepers
 - A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession
Beyond what most people think about archaeology--with its cleanly numbered dates, and discoveries--lies a vibrant and controversial realm of scientists, thieves, and contested land claims.
- The Animal Dialogues
 - Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
This book is a collection of my own encounters, staring at animals for as long as they would stay. The stories range from the Arctic to Central America, from Arizona to Manhattan. From a praying mantis to a grizzly, jaguar to a hummingbird.
- House of Rain
 - Tracking a vanished civilization across the american southwest.
A mix of highly personal journeys and hard-boiled archaeology, this book explores the so-called disappearance of the Anasazi.
- Soul of Nowhere
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Deep wilderness journeys across the American Southwest, from the labyrinthine slot canyons of Utah to the deserted island beaches in the Sea of Cortes.
- The Secret Knowledge of Water
 - Discovering the essence of the American desert.
A desert, by definition, lacks it, but when water does come, it is magical, and sometimes in devastating abundance.
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August 15, 2010
What it's like in Patagonia
All you can see is the lightless inside of your small tent, no reference but for the sound of multi-thousand ton concussions echoing from peak to peak...
September 17, 2010
Durango
Durango Public Library : 1900 East 3rd Ave. Durango, Colorado
Time: 7 pm
Keynote Address for DPL Literary Festival: An explosive multimedia presentation, taking you literally to the ends of the earth. From the Bering Strait to the Atacama Desert, flowing lava to melting glaciers, Childs offers a fresh perspective on writing, adventure, and the state of the world.
September 18, 2010
Durango
Time: 9 am
Durango Public Library Literary Festival: Back to the Loincloth--Writers' Workshop with Craig Childs and Amy Irvine
September 18, 2010
Durango, Maria's Bookshop
960 Main Avenue Durango, CO 81301 970-247-1438
Storytelling with Craig Childs and Amy Irvine
Oracle in the Desert
A feature story from Orion Magazine
Anasazi field story
NPR piece produced by Adam Burke
These files require an audio player like WinAmp or iTunes.
Perfect Quiet
Miller-McCune Magazine (link)
Searching for refuge -- and, perhaps, health -- in a sickeningly loud world.
The Southwest's good ol' artifact boys
Los Angeles Times
You might have an imaginary picture of the pot hunters and collectors, a crew of dirty, well-armed black-market privateers roving the desert (in the case of many Western pot hunters, you'd be right)...
The Memory of Water
Wings [The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation] (pdf)
It is a hard and beautiful way to
live, counting on ephemeral water holes
like this. You have to be ready for long
periods of waiting, traveling at night to
preserve water in your body, sleeping
in daytime shade...
Rise of the Minotaur
High Country News (link)
Crowd-roar rains down as the man floats in the air, no part of his body touching the bull except for his face, which slams into the beast's reared-back forehead. A crack visibly arcs from the rider's spine to his boots.
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Spring, 2010
Salar de Atacama, Chile
It is awful ground for walking, slabs breaking, cutting, shattering...
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Spring, 2010
Atacama Desert, Chile
I go down on my knees licking a clear, wildly-eroded boulder, biting off bits of it...
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Spring, 2010
Rio Baker, Chile
Gray tongues of the Baker heave over an edge with steel-bending force, sheets of mist ripping into the air...
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Spring, 2010
Nef Glacier, Patagonia
The blue of ice deepens. Baby blue at first, it descends into a shadowy, saturated sea, a color so agonizingly rich it seems perilous...
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Spring, 2010
Paddling the San Juan River into Lake Powell
The river has jumped its channel and now flows across open country. It has hit a bedrock ridge and is pouring over into a fresh waterfall...
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Winter, 2010
East Rift Zone, Hawaii
Shadows tear open and spill out bright, ropey intestines. Liquid suns. Spreading, luminous bellies...
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