“A work of sublime intelligence and importance” The Dawning Moon of the Mind
~Simon Winchester
“A riveting compendium of observations from a very curious, very interesting mind… [Morrow] manages paragraphs as poets manage line breaks.” Wolves and Honey
~The Boston Globe
Orion Magazine – Anthony Doerr’s Reading List
https://orionmagazine.org/article/anthony-doerrs-reading-list/
“An etymological wonderment.” The Names of Things
~William Safire New York Times
“In this lovely book, Susan Morrow takes you on a unique journey.” The Names of Things
~Fareed Zakaria
“Beautifully crafted prose…One of those rare…books that mix a perfect combination of personal insight and historical depth.” Wolves and Honey
~USA Today
“Informative, perceptive, beautifully descriptive, Susan Morrow’s book is a delight.” The Names of Things
~Elie Wiesel
“Curious jewels pop up on every page of Susan Brind Morrow’s first book The Names of Things.”
~Pico Iyer, Time Magazine
“[Morrow] casts an immediate spell upon anyone who cares for pure hard prose shot through with lyrical insights. Most writers describe the world with one, or possibly two senses. Morrow reacts with all five.”
~Edmund Morris, The Spectator
“A meditation on the outdoors that evokes ‘the smell of damp earth, the sweetness of maples and pines… as though it were freedom itself.’” Wolves and Honey
~The New Yorker
“A profound and profoundly inspiring book” The Dawning Moon of the Mind
~Verlyn Klinkenborg
“As she offers one stunning observation after another, Morrow executes wonderful modulations of tone and rhythm, evoking the sweep of sand and star, the flow of time.” The Names of Things
~ Booklist
“Fortunate is the mind that finds… the passage of nature into language and language into self… That’s the enormous underpinning, I think, of Susan Brind Morrow’s captivating, lyrical, evocative memoir… transporting and quite beautiful. Of the many books I’ve read this year, [this] is the one which has moved, delighted, and inspired me most.”
~A Common Reader Book of the Year