… crisis, and the award-winning The Experience of Place , about how we’re affected by our surroundings, both in cities and the countryside. E. O. Wilson’s foreword to Rescuing … Literary Award praised him for a lifetime of “spellbinding and poignant” writing about “how our environments, modes of travel, and other aspects of the American landscape affect our lives.” Hiss lives in New York with his wife, writer Lois Metzger. Thriving Food …