WORK: An Ode to Joy, Mark D. Usher
A cross-cultural journey through time and space on the value and purpose of work in the age of AI, drawing on sources as diverse as Plato, Ruskin, Pirsig and Buddhist teachings, by UVM classics professor, farmer and author of How to Be a Farmer and Following Nature’s Lead. (University of Chicago Press, World rights, Fall […]
FOLLOWING NATURE’S LEAD: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World, Mark D. Usher
In the spirit of E. F. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful, a dazzling and revelatory exploration of what ancient ideas and ways of living can teach us about creating a more sustainable world How should we think and live in a world facing environmental catastrophe? In this urgent, original, and wide-ranging book, classicist and farmer M. D. […]
THE BEAUTIFUL ONE: The Life and Legacy of Plotinus, Mark D. Usher
The first biography to explore the ideas of the Platonist philosopher who believed that humanity can live in productive harmony with one another and nature. His far-reaching influence on thinkers, writers and poets has lasted for centuries and couldn’t be more applicable to our world today. (World Rights, Princeton University Press, 2026)
Usher
Mark D. Usher is a classicist, carpenter, and farmer who writes about ancient philosophy and literature from the vantage point of environmental humanities and ecology. He is author of Following Nature’s Lead: Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World (Princeton University Press, May 2025), and other books for readers of all ages, including How […]