For fans of Helen MacDonald's H is for Hawk and Mary Roach, Erica Berry's Wolfish blends science, history, and cultural criticism in a years-long journey to understand our myths about wolves, and track one legendary wolf, Or-7, from the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon. A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 - Time, Los Angeles Times, Vulture, Salon, Bustle, Los Angeles Times, The Rumpus, Financial Times, Reader's Digest, Lit Hub, Book Riot, Debutiful, and more ""Wolfish starts with a single wolf and spirals through nuanced investigations of fear, gender, violence, and story. A gorgeous achievement."" - Blair Braver man, author of Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube ""This is one of those stories that begins with a female body. Hers was crumpled, roadside, in the ash-colored slush between asphalt and snowbank. ""So begins Erica Berry's kaleidoscopic exploration of wolves, both real and symbolic. At the center of this lyrical inquiry is the legendary Or-7, who roams away from his familial pack in northeastern Oregon. While charting Or-7's record-breaking journey out of the Wallowa Mountains, Erica simultaneously details her own coming-of-age as she moves away from home and wrestles with inherited beliefs about fear, danger, femininity, and the body.