If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed
— Crow and Weasel by Barry Lopez
Hank Lentfer is an Alaskan author and sound recordist
I'm the author of Raven's Witness: The Alaska Life of Richard K Nelson and
Faith of Cranes: Finding Hope and Family in Alaska. I co-edited Arctic Refuge:
A Circle of Testimony. I've had essays appear in Orion, Natural History, and
Alaska Magazine.
I live with my wife Anya and daughter Linnea in a cabin by a stream in Gustavus, Alaska surrounded by a community of dear friends and several million acres of wild country.
Read his newest book “Raven’s Witness”
“This book makes me want to ponder over our connections with nature and the meaning of spirituality for each one of us. Such is the power of its quality of writing and the subject of the book, Richard K. Nelson. There can never be enough of books like this.”
— Nandini Purandare
✷ Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Grand Prize
✷ Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Mountain Literature
"Lentfer's writing is honest, intensely lived, and overflowing with heart: broken, mended, and whole."
— David James Duncan
Listen is a short documentary set in the largest wilderness on Earth
Follow Alaskan author Hank Lentfer as he records forgotten sounds of the natural world and cares for his mother with dementia.
Sounds
Discover a sample of the thousands of recordings I've captured in an effort to hear what my neighbors have to say.
Press
Podcasts, interviews, and essays written by Hank.