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Ackerman, Diane was born on October 7, 1948 in Waukegan, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Sam and Marcia Molly (Tischler) Fink.
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For readers who know Diane Ackerman only through her recent best-selling book A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SENSES or her luminous nature essays, this new collecction of verse will come as no surprise. Here is a dazzling assemblage of poems-vivid, heartfelt lyrics alive with the mysteries of life, love, and the natural world. Ranging from a backyard colloquy with a deer to an anxious hospital vigil, from the exploding abundance of the Amazon rain forest to the icy wastes of Antarctica, Dian Ackerman's poems are passionately felt and precisely observed. This volume of elegies, epiphanies, and ectasies, mingled with laughter and curiosity, ends with a selection from "Reverse Thunder," her powerful dramatic poem about a seventeenth-century Mexican nun and theInquisition. Whether celebrating the wonders of outer space of evoking the intimate contours of a relationship or a dream, 'JAGUAR OF SWEET LAUGHTER' resounds with the consummate artistry of a master poet.
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(A stapler with its tiny fangs Cannot outwit orangutangs. ...)
A stapler with its tiny fangs Cannot outwit orangutangs. Rocks are very good at sitting, but never walk or take up knitting. Living things all feel and sense their way through every happenstance. . . . In this delightfully witty collection of poems, bestselling author Diane Ackerman shows how the senses shape and enrich the experiences of all living beings. With enchanting illustrations by Peter Sís, Animal Sense is sure to capture the imagination of readers young and old.
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In her first new book of poetry since Jaguar of Sweet Laughter, poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman combines her deep understanding of the world with her immense passion for language to craft richly sensual poems that "honor all life/wherever and in whatever form/it may deal." Imbued with ravishing imagery, these exuberant and lyrical explorations of aging, longing, and death demonstrate Ackerman's full engagement with every aspect of life's process. Ackerman muses on the confines of therapy sessions, where she intersects "twice a week/in a painstaking hide-and-seek/making do with half-light, half-speak"; relishes the succulent pleasure of eating an apricot, with its "gush of taboo sweetness"; and imagines the "unupholstered voice, a life in outline" in her stunning elegy to C. S. Lewis. Whimsical, organic, and wise, the poems in I Praise My Destroyer affirm Ackerman's place as one of the most enchanting poets writing today.
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(In A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman reveale...)
In A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman revealed herself as a naturalist who writes with the sensuous immediately of a great poet. Now Jaguar of Sweet Laughter presents the work of a poet with the precise and wondering eye of a gifted naturalist. Ackermans's Olympian vision records and transforms landscapes from Amazonia to Antarctica, while her imaginative empathy penetrates the otherness of hummingbirds, deer, and trilobites. But even as they draw readers into the wild heart of nature, Ackerman's poems are indelible reminders of what it is to be a human being -- the "jaguar of sweet laughter" that, according to Mayan mythology, astonished the world because it was the first animal to speak.
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Photographed in full color. One of America's most acclaimed nature writers vividly brings to life the experience of being face-to-face with a rare and beautiful wild animal. She journeys to the last refuge of the most endangered of all seal species, the Hawaiian monk seal. Written with a poet's eye for beauty and a naturalist's attention to detail, and illustrated with glorious photographs, this book provides an unforgettable glimpse into a mysterious world.
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(The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses...)
The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses now explores the allure of adultery, the appeal of aphrodisiacs, and the cult of the kiss. Enchantingly written and stunningly informed, this "audaciously brilliant romp through the world of romantic love" (Washington Post Book World) is the next best thing to love itself.
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Ackerman, Diane was born on October 7, 1948 in Waukegan, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Sam and Marcia Molly (Tischler) Fink.
Student, Boston University, 1967. Bachelor in English, Pennsylvania State University, 1970. Master of Fine Arts, Cornell University, 1976.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1978.
Editorial assistant Library Journal, New York City, 1970. Teaching fellow Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1971-1978. Assistant professor University Pittsburgh, since 1980.
Visiting writer-in-residence College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1982-1983, Ohio University, Athens, 1983. Writer-in-residence Washington University, St. Louis, since 1984, director WRiting Programs, since 1982. Visiting writer Columbia University, New York City, 1986, New York University, 1986.
Member literature panel New York State Council on Arts, since 1980. Member poetry panel Pennsylvania Arts Council, 1980, Creative Artists Public Service Program, 1978. Member advisory board Planetary Society, since 1980.
Host (television series) Mystery of the Senses.
(In her first new book of poetry since Jaguar of Sweet Lau...)
(For readers who know Diane Ackerman only through her rece...)
(The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses...)
(In A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman reveale...)
( A dramatization of the passion of Sor Juana Inés de la ...)
(A stapler with its tiny fangs Cannot outwit orangutangs. ...)
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Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Author's Guild, Explorer's Club.