“Stories hold everything together. The only thing that binds us together: stories and compassion.” Barry Lopez Barry Lopez (1945–2020) was a respected American traveler, naturalist, and writer, the author of countless refined essays, as well as short stories, novels, and nature and travel publications. In his work, he dealt mainly with the ontology of place, the influence of natural landscapes on the human imagination, and the relationship between humans and non-humans…