Willie the donkey and Sukari, a Masai giraffe. (Photo: Robin Schwartz for The New York Times) Alex Halberstadt has published this in-depth look at the world of zoos in The New York Times Magazine. Here is an [...]
The paperback of The Soul of All Living Creatures launches today.
Virga says that animals in zoos, like this lion, need to have a bit of control over their environment. (Photo & caption via NPR) In a recent interview with Fresh Air's Terry Gross, Vint discusses how house cats, [...]
In the November issue of Deep Roots Magazine… Photo © Robin Schwartz
A Menagerie, the fall issue of Conjunctions was released today. Thrilled my piece, The Snow Leopard’s Realm, is in such masterly company.
A stunning review of my book, The Soul of All Living Creatures, in the current issue of In Mind Magazine
The podcast of my interview on Think with Krys Boyd - NPR / KERA. Hour 1: How can the connections we forge with animals teach us about ourselves? We’ll talk this hour with veterinarian and animal behaviorist Dr. Vint Virga, author of “The [...]
Can animals make us more human? Martha Plimpton and I discuss. In this audio link, Martha Plimpton and I consider the inner lives of animals and the relationships we forge with them on WNYC’s The Leonard Lopate Show.Is there [...]
The Soul of All Living Creatures made Apple’s “Hot In July” booklist!
A very nice item on The Soul of All Living Creatures in the latest issue of Real Simple ( July 2013, page 4 ).
A wonderful review today from Kirkus Reviews for The Soul of All Living Creatures. And another nice review from Booklist.
Last Thursday in Providence, I read Chapter Four on Responsiveness from my book, The Soul of All Living Creatures, at The Wheeler School as their 2013 Fox Family Speaker. A hundred and forty gathered together in Wheeler Hall to hear this [...]