David Haskell will give a reading from his new book, “How Flowers Made Our World,” followed by a book signing. The event is at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 25, in Convocation Hall. The book celebrates the creativity of flowering plants. Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer-winning author and journalist, called the book “mind-blowing.”

Haskell is a Professor Emeritus at the University of the South, and a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. The reading is sponsored by the Departments of Environmental Arts and Humanities, English and Creative Writing, Biology, and the Dakin Fund.