Events and Appearances by Diane Ackerman

MARCH

--15. Beverly Hills, CA. Live Talks Los Angeles. "An Evening with Diane Ackerman and Daniel

Siegel." Celebrating the life and works of poet and philosopher, John O'Donohue.The Writers Guild Theatre, 135 S Doheny Dr. 8:00PM

--16. Los Angeles, CA. Lifespan Learning Conference for Mental Health

Professionals. UCLA. "The Zookeeper's Wife and the Importance of Community." 4:00PM

APRIL

--17. New York, NY. Lewis Thomas Prize dinner. Kip Thorne speaking.Rockefeller University. 6:30PM

--19. Northampton, MA. Poetry Reading. Smith College. Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall, 5PM

--25. New York, NY. "Poetry and the Creative Mind." Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. 6:30PM

--28. Brooklyn, NY. "The Universe in Verse." Pioneer Works. 8:00PM

JUNE

-- 17. Nantucket, MA. Nantucket Book Festival. "Women Who Changed the World." With Dava Sobel.

Atheneum Great Hall. 9:00AM

OCTOBER

--18. Cheshire, CT. Cheshire Academy. 10:00AM.

NOVEMBER

--16. Concord, MA. I'm joining The Thoreau Society to honor Mary Oliver. Chapel of the Concord

Academy. 166 main Street. 6:00PM.

2019

JUNE

--14-18.Homer, AL. Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference. Keynote Presentation, Public Reading,

Luncheon with Q&A, Craft Talk, Receptions.

DIANE ON THE SELF

“Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant? ...We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors. Life is really a plural noun, a caravan of selves.”
DIANE ON LIFE

"The great affair, the love affair with life, is to live as variously as possible,to groom one's curiosity like a high-spirited thoroughbred, climb aboard, and gallop over the thick, sun-struck hills every day....It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between."
DIANE ON NATURE

"There is a way of beholding nature which is a form of prayer, a way of minding something with such clarity and aliveness that the rest of the world recedes."
DIANE ON WONDER

“Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.”

DIANE ON THE SELF