About Joanna Macy Joanna Macy is a scholar, eco-philosopher, teacher and activist from Berkeley, California. She is the author of 8 books including Coming Back to Life and Widening Circles and has also produced a 3-DVD set entitled The Work that Reconnects. Books by Joanna Macy Coming Back to Life (PDF) Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World by (author) Joanna Macy & Molly Young Brown