Background
Powers, Alan William was born on November 15, 1944 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Roger Milton and Ida Maxine (Richardson) Powers.
(For the last 20 years, Alan Powers, who lives near Cape C...)
For the last 20 years, Alan Powers, who lives near Cape Cod, has experimented with birdcalls—mimicking and answering the calls he hears around his country home, in cities, and abroad in France and Italy. In BirdTalk, he celebrates this connection with entertaining allusions to history, literature, travel, linguistics, and other fields. The result is a charming and erudite stroll through an area of interest sometimes lost in the urban din. Powers reveals “birdtalk” by mapping the history of ornithological studies, quoting such bird fanciers as Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson and discussing specific techniques. In one of the most amusing chapters, he describes his attempts to teach the birds new symphonic riffs on their own calls. This illustrated literary inquiry into birdcalls is a nature book with a gift-book look.
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Powers, Alan William was born on November 15, 1944 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Roger Milton and Ida Maxine (Richardson) Powers.
AB, Amherst College, 1966; Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1976.
Teaching associate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1966-1971; instructor English,, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1971-1973; assistant professor, Bristol Community College, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1974-1979; associate professor, Bristol Community College, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1980-1986; professor, Bristol Community College, Fall River, Massachusetts, since 1986; chair department English, Bristol Community College, Fall River, Massachusetts, since 1988.
(For the last 20 years, Alan Powers, who lives near Cape C...)
Board directors New Bedford Unitarian Church, 1992-1997, Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities, 1989-1995, Northeast Modern Language Association, 1992-1995, Creative television Rhode Island, 1994-1996, New Bedford Unitarian Church, 1991-1996. Member American Society of Composers, Northeast Modern Language Association (board directors 1993-1995, delegate), Association Literature Scholars and Critics, Shakespeare Association American, Renaissance Society of America, Academy American Poets, National Audubon Society, Royal Society for Protection of Birds.
Married Susan Elizabeth Mohl, June 1, 1944. Children: Emily A. Lori, Tess Powers Brau.