5/18/2023 0 Comments David haskellHe is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, a Guggenheim Fellow, and Professor at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN, where he has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching. Haskell received his BA from the University of Oxford and PhD from Cornell University. They have won numerous awards including the US National Academies’ Best Book Award, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in non-fiction, Reed Environmental Writing Award, National Outdoor Book Award, Iris Book Award, and John Burroughs Medal.īorn in London, brought up in France, he has lived for the last thirty years in various parts of the United States, including Tennessee, Colorado, and New York. Haskell's books - The Forest Unseen, The Songs of Trees, Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree, and Sounds Wild and Broken - are acclaimed for their attention to the richness of the living world and the ecological and evolutionary stories that bring this richness into being. Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize winner and director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT, wrote that he "may be the finest literary nature writer working today". Wilson said of his writing that it is ".a new genre of nature writing, located between science and poetry". Kate Simpson, Times Literary Supplement Book Descriptionĭavid Haskell is a writer and biologist known for his integration of science, lyrical writing, and close observation of the living world. This curious book is, ultimately, sensory activism. Haskell's sustained sniffing is an example of how we can acknowledge, and perhaps begin to appreciate, all that exists outside human agendas & forms of communication. Cal Flyn, author of ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT contagious enthusiasm. David George Haskell is a knowledgeable, witty and erudite companion, who takes us by the hand and leads us through the world, reminding us to breathe it all in. Every chapter summons a new aroma: leaf litter and woodsmoke, pine resin and tannin, quinine and bay leaf - life in all its glorious complexity. ![]() Sir Peter Crane, FRS Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree is a transportive olfactory journey through the forest that sets the sense tingling. ― BBC Countryfile Eclectic, brilliant and beautifully written, David Haskell reboots our aromatic memory reminding us of how our lives are intertwined with the wonder of trees. In short, it is a book about trees and people, for everyone. Kate Humble ― Radio Times This is a book for literary connoisseurs, fact-lovers and environmentalists. And if you've ever hugged a tree when no one was looking, try breathing in the scents of different trees that live near you, the smell of pine after the rain, the refreshing, mind-clearing scent of a eucalyptus leaf crushed in your hand. For example, taking a tree inventory of your own home, appreciating just how many things around us came from trees. Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree also contains everyday practices the reader is invited to experience. Take a sip, feel the aroma and taste three continents converge. Bitter quinine, from the bark of the South American cinchona tree, spritzed into your nostrils by the pop of sparkling tonic water. ![]() A tang of lime juice from a tree descended from wild progenitors in the foothills of the Himalayas. The spikey, herbal odour of European juniper berries. In your nose: the aromatic embodiment of globalized trade. Thirteen essays are included that explore the evocative scents of trees, from the smell of a book just printed as you first open its pages, to the calming scent of Linden blossom, to the ingredients of a particularly good gin & tonic: In your hand: a highball glass, beaded with cool moisture. This book is a breath of fresh air.' - Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree takes you on a journey to connect with trees through the sense most aligned to our emotions and memories. A treat not to be sneezed at.' - Sir Peter Crane, FRS 'Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree is a transportive olfactory journey through the forest that sets the sense tingling. In short, it is a book about trees and people, for everyone.' - BBC Countryfile 'Eclectic, brilliant and beautifully written, David Haskell reboots our aromatic memory reminding us of how our lives are intertwined with the wonder of trees. ![]() 'My favourite book of the year' - Kate Humble, Radio Times 'This is a book for literary connoisseurs, fact-lovers and environmentalists.
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