A contributing writer for The New York Times, journalist Jon Mooallem presents his illuminating look at the importance of transitioning from a childlike fascination with wild animals to a realistic view of the dangers of their extinction with his book Wild Ones.

A current Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, Greg Wrenn shares his debut collection of poetry, Centaur.  With voices as varied as Robert Mapplethorpe to Hercules, this collection skitters along the blurred lines between compulsivity and following one's heart, stasis and self-realization, human and animal.