Robert Macfarlane was out in the mountains climbing with his older son recently when the teen asked him, “So Dad, when are gonna write your memoirs?” “And I was like, ‘I’ve been writing them for 21 ...

Mountains haven't always been viewed as magnificent tests of bravery or even as scenic vacation spots—only in the last few centuries have Westerners found them worthy of attention. As British writer ...

Robert Macfarlane, whose latest book is “Is a River Alive,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. The best-selling nature writer, and author of “Underland” and “The Old Ways” discusses the ...