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Diane Ackerman on connection with nature

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Deep Play

With A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman let her free-ranging intellect loose on the natural world. Now in Deep Play she tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the ability to play.

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Diane Ackerman
2025
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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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Diane Ackerman
2011
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Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden

In the mode of her bestseller A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman celebrates the sensory pleasures of her garden through the seasons.

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Diane Ackerman
2025
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Diane Ackerman: Building the Mosaic of Emotion and Human Experience

Diane Ackerman, a poet, essayist and naturalist, imparts her passionate love of life and language to Upon Reflection host Marcia Alvar in this 1997 video from University of Washington.

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Diane Ackerman
2014
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Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems

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.

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Diane Ackerman
1993
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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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Diane Ackerman
2011
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Science & Story | Diane Ackerman: “The Human Age”

From diseases and disasters to the miracles wrought by evolution, the environmental forces that shape our lives are the inspiration for countless science writers.

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Diane Ackerman
2015
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The Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales

In a rare blend of scientific fact and poetic truth, the acclaimed author of A Natural History of the Senses explores the activities of whales, penguins, bats, and crocodilians, plunging headlong into nature and coming up with highly entertaining treasures.

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Diane Ackerman
1992
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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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Diane Ackerman
2012
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Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day

A celebrated storyteller-poet-naturalist explores a year of dawns in her most personal book to date.

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Diane Ackerman
2025
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