Diane Ackerman (born October 7, 1948) is an Americanauthor, poet, and naturalist known best for her work A Natural History of the Senses. Her writing style, referring to her best-selling natural history books, can best be described as a blend of predominant poetry, colloquial history, and easy-reading science. She has taught at several universities, including Columbia and Cornell, and she has worked as a staff writer for The New Yorker. October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... A poet exists within a cultural and intellectual tradition and usually writes in a specific language, but the qualities of good poetry are to some extent timeless and address issues common to all humanity. ... Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ...
She was born in Waukegan, Illinois. She received her B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and an M.F.A. and PhD from Cornell University in 1978. She is married to novelist Paul West and currently resided in Ithaca, New York. Waukegan is a city located in Lake County, Illinois, of which it is the county seat. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Cornell University is a research university located on the East Hill of Ithaca, New York. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Paul West may refer to: Paul West (born 1930), British poet and novelist, a naturalised U.S. citizen since 1971. ... It has been suggested that Ithaca Commons be merged into this article or section. ...
Poetry
The Planets (1976) Wife of Light (1978) Lady Faustus (1983) Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems (1991) I Praise My Destroyer (1998) Origami Bridges (2002)
Non-Fiction
Twilight of the Tenderfoot (1980)
On Extended Wings (1985)
A Natural History of the Senses (1990)
The Moon by Whale Light, and Other Adventures Among Bats and Crocodilains, Penguins and Whales (1991)
A Natural History of Love (1994)
The Rarest of the Rare (1995)
A Slender Thread (1997)
Deep Play (1999)
An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain (2004)
Her approach is to select a topic that is in its essence ineffable, then gather information about it from the worlds of science and evolutionary theory,literature, myth, popular culture and personal experience, and lavish her findings with elaborately worked, poetic prose.
Ackerman also confirms what we all figure out, sooner or later: the brains of men and women really are wired differently.
Ackerman delves into her own brain as she wrestles with such knotty questions.
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