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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Ackerman" title="Diane Ackerman – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Diane Ackerman" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EC%9D%B4%EC%95%A4_%EC%95%A0%EC%BB%A4%EB%A8%BC" title="다이앤 애커먼 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="다이앤 애커먼" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%B1%D6%84%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Դայան Աքերման – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դայան Աքերման" 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Diane Ackerman</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Diane_Ackerman.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ackerman in 2011"><img alt="Ackerman in 2011" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Diane_Ackerman.jpg/220px-Diane_Ackerman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Diane_Ackerman.jpg/330px-Diane_Ackerman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Diane_Ackerman.jpg/440px-Diane_Ackerman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2097" data-file-height="2977" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:1.4em;">Ackerman in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1948-10-07</span>) </span>October 7, 1948<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 76)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Author" title="Author">Author</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Education</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_University" title="Pennsylvania State University">Pennsylvania State University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Fine_Arts" title="Master of Fine Arts">MFA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">PhD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dianeackerman.com/">www<wbr />.dianeackerman<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Diane Ackerman</b> (born October 7, 1948) is an American poet, essayist, and <a href="/wiki/Natural_history" title="Natural history">naturalist</a> known for her books and films.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_career">Education and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Ackerman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ackerman received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> in English from <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_University" title="Pennsylvania State University">Pennsylvania State University</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Fine_Arts" title="Master of Fine Arts">Master of Fine Arts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ph.D." class="mw-redirect" title="Ph.D.">Ph.D.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>. Among the members of her <a href="/wiki/Dissertation" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissertation">dissertation</a> committee was <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sagan" title="Carl Sagan">Carl Sagan</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Astronomer" title="Astronomer">astronomer</a> and the creator of the <i><a href="/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage" title="Cosmos: A Personal Voyage">Cosmos</a></i> television series.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has taught at a number of universities, including <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her essays have appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_(magazine)" title="Smithsonian (magazine)">Smithsonian</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Parade_(magazine)" title="Parade (magazine)">Parade</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Geographic (magazine)">National Geographic</a></i>, and many other journals.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her research has taken her to such diverse locales as Mata Atlantic in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> (working with endangered <a href="/wiki/Golden_lion_tamarins" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden lion tamarins">golden lion tamarins</a>), <a href="/wiki/Patagonia" title="Patagonia">Patagonia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Right_whales" class="mw-redirect" title="Right whales">right whales</a>), <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> (<a href="/wiki/Humpback_whales" class="mw-redirect" title="Humpback whales">humpback whales</a>), California (tagging <a href="/wiki/Monarch_butterflies" class="mw-redirect" title="Monarch butterflies">monarch butterflies</a> at their overwintering sites), <a href="/wiki/French_Frigate_Shoals" title="French Frigate Shoals">French Frigate Shoals</a> (<a href="/wiki/Monk_seals" class="mw-redirect" title="Monk seals">monk seals</a>), Toroshima, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Short-tailed_albatross" title="Short-tailed albatross">short-tailed albatross</a>), Texas (with <a href="/wiki/Bat_Conservation_International" title="Bat Conservation International">Bat Conservation International</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_rainforest" title="Amazon rainforest">Amazon rainforest</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> (<a href="/wiki/Penguins" class="mw-redirect" title="Penguins">penguins</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, she was a semi-finalist for <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s Journalist-in-Space Project<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—this program was cancelled after the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Challenger disaster">Space Shuttle <i>Challenger</i></a> (carrying <a href="/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe" title="Christa McAuliffe">Christa McAuliffe</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Payload_specialist" title="Payload specialist">payload specialist</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Teacher_in_Space_Project" title="Teacher in Space Project">Teacher in Space Project</a>) disaster.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A molecule has been named after her—<i>dianeackerone</i>—a <a href="/wiki/Crocodilia" title="Crocodilia">crocodilian</a> <a href="/wiki/Sex_pheromone" title="Sex pheromone">sex pheromone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A collection of her manuscripts, writings and papers (the Diane Ackerman Papers, 1971–1997—Collection No. 6299) is housed at the <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a> Library.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Ackerman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Her works of nonfiction include, most recently, <i>The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us</i>, which celebrates nature, human ingenuity and its dominance;<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> her memoir <i>One Hundred Names for Love</i>, about <a href="/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke">stroke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aphasia" title="Aphasia">aphasia</a>, and healing;<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Dawn Light</i>, a poetic meditation on dawn and awakening;<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Zookeeper's Wife</i>, narrative nonfiction set in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, a tale of people, animals, and subversive acts of compassion;<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>An Alchemy of Mind</i> about the marvels and mysteries of the brain, based on modern <a href="/wiki/Neuroscience" title="Neuroscience">neuroscience</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Cultivating Delight</i>, a natural history of her garden;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Deep Play</i>, which considers play, creativity, and our need for transcendence;<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>A Slender Thread</i>, about her work as a crisis line counselor;<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Rarest of the Rare</i> and <i>The Moon by Whale Light</i>, in which she explores the plight and fascination of endangered animals;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>A Natural History of Love</i>, a literary tour of love's many facets;<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>On Extended Wings</i>, her memoir of flying;<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>A Natural History of the Senses</i>, an exploration of the five senses.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her poetry has been published in leading literary journals, and in collections, including <i>Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her first book of poetry, <i>The Planets, A Cosmic Pastoral</i> was gifted by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sagan" title="Carl Sagan">Carl Sagan</a> to <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Leary" title="Timothy Leary">Timothy Leary</a> while Leary was imprisoned.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her verse play, <i>Reverse Thunder</i>, celebrates the passionate and tragic life of the 17th century nun, and fellow poet and naturalist, <a href="/wiki/Juana_In%C3%A9s_de_la_Cruz" title="Juana Inés de la Cruz">Juana Inés de la Cruz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ackerman also writes nature books for children.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations">Adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Ackerman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A movie adaptation of Ackerman's book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Zookeeper%27s_Wife" title="The Zookeeper's Wife">The Zookeeper's Wife</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Chastain" title="Jessica Chastain">Jessica Chastain</a> as <a href="/wiki/Antonina_%C5%BBabi%C5%84ska" title="Antonina Żabińska">Antonina Żabińska</a>, was released in the US on March 31, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More photos of the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising" title="Warsaw Ghetto Uprising">Warsaw Ghetto Uprising</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Zookeeper%27s_Wife" title="The Zookeeper's Wife">The Zookeeper's Wife</a></i> may be seen at the website called "The House Under the Crazy Star".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, Ackerman hosted a five-part <i><a href="/wiki/Nova_(American_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nova (American TV series)">Nova</a></i> miniseries, <i><a href="/wiki/Mystery_of_the_Senses" title="Mystery of the Senses">Mystery of the Senses</a></i>, based on her book, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Natural_History_of_the_Senses" title="A Natural History of the Senses">A Natural History of the Senses</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>On Extended Wings</i> was adapted for the stage by Norma Jean Giffin, and was performed at the William Redfield Theater in New York City (1987).<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A musical adaptation (by Paul Goldstaub) of her dramatic poem, <i>Reverse Thunder</i>, was performed at <a href="/wiki/Old_Dominion_University" title="Old Dominion University">Old Dominion University</a> (1992).<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Ackerman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, Ackerman's <i>The Human Age</i> won the <a href="/wiki/National_Outdoor_Book_Award" title="National Outdoor Book Award">National Outdoor Book Award</a> in the Natural History Literature category<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and PEN New England's Henry David Thoreau Prize for <a href="/wiki/Nature_writing" title="Nature writing">nature writing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, she was a finalist for both a <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a> and a <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Critics_Circle_Award" title="National Book Critics Circle Award">National Book Critics Circle Award</a> for <i>One Hundred Names for Love</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Zookeeper's Wife</i> received an <a href="/wiki/Orion_(magazine)" title="Orion (magazine)"><i>Orion</i></a> Book Award in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has received a D. Lit from Kenyon College, <a href="/wiki/Guggenheim_Fellowship" title="Guggenheim Fellowship">Guggenheim Fellowship</a>, John Burroughs Nature Award, Lavan Poetry Prize, and has been honored as a Literary Lion of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Public_Library" title="New York Public Library">New York Public Library</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ackerman has had three <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" title="The New York Times Best Seller list"><i>New York Times</i> bestsellers</a>: <i>The Human Age</i> (2014), <i>The Zookeeper's Wife</i> (2008), and <i>A Natural History of the Senses</i> (1990).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Institute_for_the_Humanities" title="New York Institute for the Humanities">New York Institute for the Humanities</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Ackerman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ackerman was married to the novelist <a href="/wiki/Paul_West_(writer,_born_1930)" title="Paul West (writer, born 1930)">Paul West</a> (1930–2015).<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She lives in <a href="/wiki/Ithaca,_New_York" title="Ithaca, New York">Ithaca, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_works">Selected works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Ackerman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Selected works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 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class="side-box-text plainlist"><ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?st=viaf&su=111103332&library=OLBP">Online books</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?st=viaf&su=111103332">Resources in your library</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?st=viaf&su=111103332&library=0CHOOSE0">Resources in other libraries</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><b>By Diane Ackerman</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=viaf&au=111103332&library=OLBP">Online books</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=viaf&au=111103332">Resources in your library</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://ftl.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/ftl?at=viaf&au=111103332&library=0CHOOSE0">Resources in other libraries</a></li></ul> </div></div> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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class="poem"> <p>The Great Affair<br /> The great affair, the love affair with life,<br /> is to live as variously as possible,<br /> to groom one's curiosity like a high-spirited thoroughbred,<br /> climb aboard, and gallop over the thick, sun-struck hills every day..<br />  <br /> It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery,<br /> but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. </p> </div> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">— Diane Ackerman, "found poetry" from <i>A Natural History of the Senses</i><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poetry">Poetry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Ackerman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Poetry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral</i> (1976)</li> <li><i>Wife of Light</i> (1978)</li> <li><i>Lady Faustus</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Reverse Thunder</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems</i> (1991) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780307763389" title="Special:BookSources/9780307763389">9780307763389</a></li> <li><i>I Praise My Destroyer</i> (1998) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780307763372" title="Special:BookSources/9780307763372">9780307763372</a></li> <li><i>Origami Bridges</i> (2002)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-fiction">Non-fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Ackerman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Non-fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.middletownhs.org/ourpages/auto/2014/11/9/67210894/WhyLeavesChangeColors.pdf">essay by Diane Ackerman, middletownhs.org</a> — A version of this essay was published as <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OUORutv2_r8C&dq=why+leaves+turn+color+in+the+fall+by+diane+ackerman&pg=PA980">a chapter in the 1990 book <i>A Natural History of the Senses</i></a> in the section on vision.</li> <li><i>Twilight of the Tenderfoot</i> (1980)</li> <li><i>On Extended Wings</i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Natural_History_of_the_Senses" title="A Natural History of the Senses">A Natural History of the Senses</a></i> (1990) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780307763310" title="Special:BookSources/9780307763310">9780307763310</a></li> <li><i>The Moon by Whale Light, and Other Adventures Among Bats and Crocodilians, Penguins and Whales</i> (1991)<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loc.gov/item/91052665">91-52665</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0394585747" title="Special:BookSources/0394585747">0394585747</a></li> <li><i>A Natural History of Love</i> (1994) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780307763327" title="Special:BookSources/9780307763327">9780307763327</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rTEbd-Y-AW8C"><i>The Rarest of the Rare</i></a> (1995) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-40346-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-679-40346-9">0-679-40346-9</a></li> <li><i>A Slender Thread</i> (1997) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780307763365" title="Special:BookSources/9780307763365">9780307763365</a></li> <li><i>Deep Play</i> (1999) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780307763334" title="Special:BookSources/9780307763334">9780307763334</a></li> <li><i>Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden</i> (2002)<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780786240753" title="Special:BookSources/9780786240753">9780786240753</a></li> <li><i>An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain</i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Zookeeper%27s_Wife" title="The Zookeeper's Wife">The Zookeeper's Wife</a>: A War Story</i> (2007) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780393069358" title="Special:BookSources/9780393069358">9780393069358</a></li> <li><i>Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day</i> (2009)</li> <li><i>One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing</i> (2011) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780393341744" title="Special:BookSources/9780393341744">9780393341744</a></li> <li><i>The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us</i> (2014)<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781443423014" title="Special:BookSources/9781443423014">9781443423014</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Children's_books"><span id="Children.27s_books"></span>Children's books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Ackerman&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Children's books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Monk Seal Hideaway</i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Bats: Shadows in the Night</i> (1997)</li> <li><i>Animal Sense</i> (poetry), illustrated by Peter Sis. (2003) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780375923845" title="Special:BookSources/9780375923845">9780375923845</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Ackerman&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAckerman" class="citation web cs1">Ackerman, Diane. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/diane-ackerman">"The Poetry Foundation"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 February</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Poetry+Foundation&rft.aulast=Ackerman&rft.aufirst=Diane&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poetryfoundation.org%2Fbio%2Fdiane-ackerman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichards1999" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Linda_L._Richards" title="Linda L. Richards">Richards, Linda L.</a> (August 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://januarymagazine.com/profiles/ackerman.html">"Interview: Diane Ackerman"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/January_Magazine" title="January Magazine">January Magazine</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-08-31</span></span>. <q>I didn't want to be a scientist. I just felt that the universe wasn't knowable from only one perspective. I wanted to be able to go exploring: follow my curiosity in both worlds. So I had a poet on my doctoral committee. And I had a scientist -- Carl Sagan. And I had someone in comparative literature. Essentially, they all ran interference for me so that I could -- ultimately -- write a dissertation that was about the metaphysical mind: science and art and be teaching and be in school while I was writing books.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=January+Magazine&rft.atitle=Interview%3A+Diane+Ackerman&rft.date=1999-08&rft.aulast=Richards&rft.aufirst=Linda+L.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fjanuarymagazine.com%2Fprofiles%2Fackerman.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAckerman" class="citation web cs1">Ackerman, Diane. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/diane-ackerman">"The Poetry Foundation"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 February</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Poetry+Foundation&rft.aulast=Ackerman&rft.aufirst=Diane&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poetryfoundation.org%2Fbio%2Fdiane-ackerman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGranucci" class="citation web cs1">Granucci, Alison. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blueflowerarts.com/artist/diane-ackerman/">"Diane Ackerman"</a>. <i>Blue Flower Arts Literary Speakers Agency</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Blue+Flower+Arts+Literary+Speakers+Agency&rft.atitle=Diane+Ackerman&rft.aulast=Granucci&rft.aufirst=Alison&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblueflowerarts.com%2Fartist%2Fdiane-ackerman%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAckerman1991" class="citation book cs1">Ackerman, Diane (1991). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/moonbywhalelight00acke_0"><i>The Moon By Whale Light</i></a></span>. New York: Random House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780394585741" title="Special:BookSources/9780394585741"><bdi>9780394585741</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Moon+By+Whale+Light&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=9780394585741&rft.aulast=Ackerman&rft.aufirst=Diane&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmoonbywhalelight00acke_0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAckerman1995" class="citation book cs1">Ackerman, Diane (1995). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/rarestofrare00acke"><i>The Rarest of the Rare</i></a></span>. New York: Random House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780679403463" title="Special:BookSources/9780679403463"><bdi>9780679403463</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Rarest+of+the+Rare&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=9780679403463&rft.aulast=Ackerman&rft.aufirst=Diane&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frarestofrare00acke&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/journalist.php">"Journalist in Space"</a>. <i>World Space Flight</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=World+Space+Flight&rft.atitle=Journalist+in+Space&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldspaceflight.com%2Fbios%2Fjournalist.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRosenstiel" class="citation news cs1">Rosenstiel, Thomas. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-31-mn-2634-story.html">"Journalist-in-Space Plan Postponed Indefinitely"</a>. <i>LA Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=LA+Times&rft.atitle=Journalist-in-Space+Plan+Postponed+Indefinitely&rft.aulast=Rosenstiel&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-1986-01-31-mn-2634-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhyte" class="citation web cs1">Whyte, Authrine; et al. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pnas.org/content/96/22/12246.full">"Reptilian Chemistry: Characterization of dianeackerone, a secretory product from a crocodile"</a>. <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Proceedings+of+the+National+Academy+of+Sciences+of+the+United+States+of+America&rft.atitle=Reptilian+Chemistry%3A+Characterization+of+dianeackerone%2C+a+secretory+product+from+a+crocodile&rft.aulast=Whyte&rft.aufirst=Authrine&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pnas.org%2Fcontent%2F96%2F22%2F12246.full&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAckerman" class="citation web cs1">Ackerman, Diane. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM06299.html">"Collected Papers"</a>. <i>Cornell University Library</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Cornell+University+Library&rft.atitle=Collected+Papers&rft.aulast=Ackerman&rft.aufirst=Diane&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Frmc.library.cornell.edu%2FEAD%2Fhtmldocs%2FRMM06299.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNixon2014" class="citation news cs1">Nixon, Rob (5 September 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/the-human-age-by-diane-ackerman.html">"Future Footprints"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Future+Footprints&rft.date=2014-09-05&rft.aulast=Nixon&rft.aufirst=Rob&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2014%2F09%2F07%2Fbooks%2Freview%2Fthe-human-age-by-diane-ackerman.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHirtle" class="citation web cs1">Hirtle, Stephen C. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2014/10/05/The-Human-Age-Diane-Ackerman-s-explains-how-we-are-creating-our-future/stories/201410050034">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'The Human Age': Diane Ackerman Explains How We Are Creating Our Future"</a>. <i>The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Pittsburgh+Post-Gazette&rft.atitle=%27The+Human+Age%27%3A+Diane+Ackerman+Explains+How+We+Are+Creating+Our+Future&rft.aulast=Hirtle&rft.aufirst=Stephen+C.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.post-gazette.com%2Fae%2Fbooks%2F2014%2F10%2F05%2FThe-Human-Age-Diane-Ackerman-s-explains-how-we-are-creating-our-future%2Fstories%2F201410050034&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVerghese2011" class="citation news cs1">Verghese, Abraham (15 April 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/books/review/book-review-one-hundred-names-for-love-by-diane-ackerman.html">"How Language Heals"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=How+Language+Heals&rft.date=2011-04-15&rft.aulast=Verghese&rft.aufirst=Abraham&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2011%2F04%2F17%2Fbooks%2Freview%2Fbook-review-one-hundred-names-for-love-by-diane-ackerman.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcAlpin" class="citation web cs1">McAlpin, Heller. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/in-one-hundred-names-for-love-diane-ackerman-explains-the-effects-of-a-massive-stroke-on-her-writer-husband/2011/02/22/AFb1ZTGF_story.html">"In "One Hundred Names for Love," Diane Ackerman explains the effects of a massive stroke on her writer-husband"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>The Washington Post Book Review</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post+Book+Review&rft.atitle=In+%22One+Hundred+Names+for+Love%2C%22+Diane+Ackerman+explains+the+effects+of+a+massive+stroke+on+her+writer-husband%22&rft.aulast=McAlpin&rft.aufirst=Heller&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fin-one-hundred-names-for-love-diane-ackerman-explains-the-effects-of-a-massive-stroke-on-her-writer-husband%2F2011%2F02%2F22%2FAFb1ZTGF_story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADiane+Ackerman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith" class="citation web cs1">Smith, Wendy. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091703694.html">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Dawn Light' by Diane Ackerman"</a>. <i>The Washington Post Book Review</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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