"Ben Goldfarb is the kind of gonzo environmental journalist Hunter S. Thompson would have loved. Crossings, his meditation on the ecological devastation roads and highways inflict―and on the very clever responses from humans and other creatures that road life demands―is an absolute shining star of a book. Modernity and the mobility all we Earth animals require is never going to look the same again."
― Dan Flores, best-selling author of Coyote America and Wild New World

"A tour de force. Ben Goldfarb has done a masterful job of helping us see the world from the vantage point of all the life that must somehow cope with these alien landforms―and of suggesting how we might lessen the remarkable toll they take."
― Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org

"A brilliantly panoptic look at our planet’s sprawling network of roads: what’s wrong with them, how they got that way, and how they could be set right. Precise in detail but vast in scale, Goldfarb’s storytelling carries echoes of Michael Pollan and John McPhee, but with a wry humor that is uniquely his own."
― Robert Moor, best-selling author of On Trails

"Ben Goldfarb approaches our fellow animals with delighted curiosity and rare perception. A deeply researched, wonderfully vivid, and genuinely hopeful book."
― Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts

"Like some David Attenborough of the asphalt, Ben Goldfarb has written a fascinating guide to understanding the wilder side of roads, both symbols of freedom and harbingers of unnatural selection."
― Tom Vanderbilt, best-selling author of Traffic

"A truly important and landmark book on a subject whose full impacts continue to be disregarded or underestimated in considering conservation efforts. Crossings is a moving, compassionate, and indispensable guide to navigating the issue of wildlife survival―and our own."
― Jeff VanderMeer, best-selling author of the Southern Reach Trilogy

"Crossings, Ben Goldfarb’s impassioned quest to understand the ecology of roads and its impact on the natural world, is a marvel. The reader learns something new on every page, disturbed and amazed in equal measure. Goldfarb moves us briskly along the manipulated ecosystem of the highway, with vivid, evocative pitstops for environmental history, ecology, and the built environment. With 15 million additional miles of road scheduled to be built over the globe in the near future, the time for this book is now. Crossings adds a new perspective to conversations on how humans have reshaped life on earth."
― The Whiting Award Judges' Citation
 

• NPR Fresh Air w/ Terry Gross, author interview airs 3pm (link)
• American Scholar, review by Miranda Weiss in Autumn issue (link)
  • “Crossings is science writing at its best. Each page brings something interesting and new.”
• New York Review of Books, strong review from Bill McKibben (link)
  • “[A] wide-ranging and absorbing account.”
• NPR Short Wave, author interview (link)
• KQED Forum, live interview, Sept 14 (link)
• Mother Jones, author Q+A (link)
• Literary Hub, best reviewed books of the week (link)
• Modern Farmer, author Q+A (link)
• Car & Driver, feature (link)
• New York Times Book Review, stellar review by Emily Raboteau (link)
  • “Fascinating and compassionate.”
• Wall Street Journal, strong review (link)
  • "Goldfarb is perceptive about how roads tangle animals together with humans... Crossings is well-paced and vivid, an engaging account of a potentially dull subject." 
• WAMC Roundtable, taped interview, Sept 13
• UPR Access Utah, taped interview (link)
• Bloomberg, author Q+A (link)
• Something You Should Know podcast, taped interview
• KPCW This Green Earth, taped interview, Sept 19
• New York Times, Best Nonfiction Books Fall 2023 (link)
• Seattle Times, author Q+A (link)
• Science magazine, review (link)
• SCPR ‘Airtalk w/ Larry Mantle’, live interview, Sept 19
• Washington Post, review confirmed, Sept TK
• Factually! with Adam Conover, taped podcast interview, October TK
• CBC Radio ‘Spark’, interview, Oct TK
• KUOW Soundside, taped interview (link)
• Scientific American, fantastic review, September issue (online)
  • “[A] swift and winding ride… Many readers came away from Goldfarb's first book, Eager, as newly minted beaver fans; don't be surprised if you finish Crossings as an evangelist for road ecology.”—Tess Joosse
• High Country News summer reading program, virtual chat w/ Emily Benson (link)
• Sierra Club magazine, Fall book recommendations, Sept issue
• The Next Big Idea Club, September 2023 Must-Read Books (link)
• PBS Books/Great Lakes Now, author interview, Sept TK
• KGNU “How On Earth” (Boulder CO), interview, Sept 5
• Outside magazine, Fall 2023 must-reads selection, Sept.-Oct. print issue
• Boston Globe, included in Fall preview of best books, Sept
• New York Review of Books, review planned, Sept
• 5280 magazine (Denver), large feature/profile of Ben Goldfarb, October issue
• Atlantic, second serial excerpt, Sept 7 (link)
• Smithsonian, adapted excerpt, Sept 5 (link)
• Science News, review, Sept
• Undark, review planned, Sept
• The Narwhal (CAN), review planned TK
• High Country News, first serial excerpt, Sept 1 (link)
• Heatmaps, feature/review planned
• Smithsonian, original essay/feature
• Texas Highways Magazine, feature
• Shelf Awareness, review planned
• Bookpage (starred review)
  • “Goldfarb examines the severe impact of roads on wildlife populations and their migration and reproduction… Roads aren’t going away anytime soon, but Crossings will spark conversation around the future of motorized vehicles and transportation.”
• Booklist (starred review)
  • “A fresh and startling history of roads, automobiles, and the carnage and destruction they cause... An astute, funny, and imaginative writer, Goldfarb pairs horror with hope as he chronicles the brilliant innovations and tireless advocacy that resulted in lifesaving wildlife crossings, including park-like overpasses and cozy underpasses.”
• Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • "Captivating… This one’s a winner."
• Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
  • “Illuminating, witty… [Crossings is] an astonishingly deep pool of wonders.”