Haskell to Read at Friends of the Library
Friends of the Library of Sewanee: The University of the South will have a reading by Professor David Haskell at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the Torian Room of duPont Library.
David Haskell is a writer and a biologist. His latest book, “Sounds Wild and Broken,” explores the story of sound on Earth and is an Editor’s Choice at the New York Times. His previous books, “The Forest Unseen” and “The Songs of Trees” are acclaimed for their integration of science, poetry, and rich attention to the living world. Among their honors include the National Academies’ Best Book Award, John Burroughs Medal, finalist for Pulitzer Prize, Iris Book Award, Reed Environmental Writing Award, National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature, and runner-up for the PEN E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Haskell received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oxford and doctorate from Cornell University. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, a Guggenheim Fellow, and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor at the University of the South in Sewanee, where he has taught since 1996.
There will be a reception and book sale following the talk.
More information about the Friends of the Library can be found at their website <https://library.sewanee.edu/FO...;. For questions about the talk or joining the Friends of the Library, please contact Penny Cowan at (931) 598-1573 or <pcowan@sewanee.edu>.