“Some nature writing presents the spectacle of an author being very sensitive. Here the author’s sensitivity is in the service of the great ethical and practical issue of our lifetime. The beauty of this book is not in its ornate prose, but in its plain sense of responsibility.”—Ursula K. Le Guin, New York Times Book Review
“Reg Saner is a brilliant observer of the natural scene. His language is luminous and exciting; his ideas have dramatic power. He is a poet of inner spaces as well, with the gift of moving the reader in unpredictable ways.”—Joyce Carol Oates
“Although he considers such topics as the force of the wind, the naming of nature, the mind of a forest, and the psychology of distress, no brief catalog can begin to do justice to Saner’s reserved and thoughtful tone.”—Virginia Quarterly Review
“Among the many recent books about the American outback, Reg Saner’s The Four-Cornered Falcon is a superbly conceived contribution. Like Barry Lopez and Harry Middleton and Annie Dillard, he can make those subtle connections between sacred space and the sacred heart. He may tell us much about marmots and magpies and the Great Unconformity, but in the process he tells us much about ourselves.”—Page Stegner, author of Outposts of Eden
“We’re trying in America, and particularly in the American West, to place ourselves in a new relationship to nature, to articulate what’s sacred and what’s not. Reg Saner knows the territory, both literally and metaphorically, and The Four-Cornered Falcon speaks to our concerns with wonderful, sane precision. What a good read, what a useful book.”—William Kittredge, author of We Are Not in This Together and Hole in the Sky<