Lewis Hyde

An intellectual among artists, and artist among intellectuals
“One of our true superstars of non-fiction.”
- David Foster Wallace
“A masterpiece.”
- Margaret Atwood on The Gift
“Few books are such life-changers as The Gift.”
- Jonathon Lethem
• Highly acclaimed book, The Gift, illuminates and defends the non-commercial portion of creativity.
• New book, Common as Air, is "an eloquent and erudite plea for protecting our cultural patrimony from appropriation by commercial interests" (Robert Darnton, New York Times Book Review).
• MacArthur Fellow
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