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Diane Ackerman, PhD, is an American naturalist, poet, bestselling author, and teacher. Much of her work centers around natural history, science, and the interdependence of all living things. She is a self-described “Earth ecstatic.”

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A Bell with a Crack in It

It may not ring as clearly, but it can ring as sweetly. Diane Ackerman on her husband’s stroke and the language of healing.

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Emerald Cities

Some ecologically minded towns have been designing a new breed of wildlife preserve, one that gives recycling a lively twist.

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The Thisness of What Is

Diane Ackerman on the ancient tradition of meditation and mysticism that sustained two heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto.

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First Light

Diane Ackerman, best-selling author of A Natural History of the Senses, offers a series of meditations on dawn and decay, koans and creation.

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Interview with Diane Ackerman: The Gorgeous Fever

Poet, essayist and naturalist Diane Ackerman is the author of twenty books about nature and human nature.

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Diane Ackerman on the Evolutionary and Existential Purpose of Deep Play

“In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time’s continuum, ignore pain, and sit quietly in the absolute present, watching the world’s ordinary miracles.”

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Fruit Flies and Love

So, is the human dinner date really just courtship feeding after all, a custom we share with fruit flies, robins and chimpanzees? Yes. But what’s the harm in that?

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As We Seek Nature, We Wall It Out

The myth of our sprawly, paved-over cities and towns is that we’ve driven native animals out and stolen their habitat. Not entirely true.

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Natural Wonder

It’s healing and comfort, heritage and home. Best-selling author Diane Ackerman defines nature for a wonderful world in the future.

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Handmade Landscapes

We manufacture new vistas and move so comfortably among them that quite often we confuse them with natural habitats.

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