Tonight at Village Books in Fairhaven, long-time Institute instructor Robert Michael Pyle reads from his first collection of poetry, Evolution of the Genus Iris -- Sat, 7 pm, free. In his first full-length book of poetry, Pyle brings us the real news, live and uncensored from the natural world. A naturalist, lepidopterist, writer and field-class teacher at the North Cascades Institute, Pyle interprets the wild field with the eyes and notebook of both a scientist and a poet...the union is powerful. But Pyle does more than report from the web of life. He simultaneously offers solace from the verdant house of the holy by penning poetry that keeps us in the present, with feet grounded in the mud and moss. As he asked in the book The Way of Natural History, Isn’t it enough that the pursuit of deep natural history is one of the surest paths toward an entirely earthly state of enlightenment? Read more poems and commentary from Katherine Renz on our blog at chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/evolution-of-the-genus-iris/
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 21:05:01 +0000
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