Michael Pollan on The Jungle
"A powerful piece of journalism disguised as a novel."
Michael Pollan on Changes in the Land
"Taught me how to look at a landscape and see not just nature but history as well."
Michael Pollan on Sexual Personae
"A crazy and brilliant survey of Western literature."
Michael Pollan on The Gift of Good Land
"I’ve learned more from [this author] than anyone else about how best to engage with nature, and how to write a sturdy and pleasing English sentence."
Michael Pollan on Dirt
"If you're at all interested in cooking, or France, or great prose, you won't want to miss this book."
Michael Pollan on On Drugs
"Little known, but the smartest book on drugs I know of."
Michael Pollan on The Healing Journey
"So that you understand what a good guide looks like."
Michael Pollan on Liberty Under Siege
"The most original observer of American politics in the second half of the 20th century."
Michael Pollan on The Odyssey
"... And not just because there are so many great barbecue scenes."
Michael Pollan on Walden
"For its bracing prose as much as anything else. I’ve been arguing with [the author] for most of my career."
Michael Pollan on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
"The bible of psychiatric diagnoses."
