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These interconnections suggest ways we might use listening \u2014 individually and collectively \u2014 to reconnect and defragment our lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/video.ibm.com\/asutv\u0022\u003EClick here to stream on ASU Live\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cimg class=\u0022img-fluid align-left\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/g\/files\/litvpz3506\/files\/inline-images\/David%20Haskell%20250x243_1.png\u0022 data-entity-uuid=\u0022c1490cba-8a38-413c-8560-726d82210981\u0022 data-entity-type=\u0022file\u0022 alt width=\u0022250\u0022 height=\u0022234\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn adjunct\u0026nbsp;professor of environmental sciences at Emory University, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dghaskell.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDavid George Haskell\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a writer and biologist acclaimed for his lyrical explorations of the living world. 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We\u2019ll use these exercises to enliven our writing and to excavate narratives and connections. Open to people with all kinds of hearing, and to anyone interested in experimenting with writing about \u201cnature,\u201d place, and science, broadly defined.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cimg class=\u0022img-fluid align-left\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/g\/files\/litvpz3506\/files\/inline-images\/David%20Haskell%20250x243.png\u0022 data-entity-uuid=\u00221cfa0b9e-5287-487a-b7a6-fa6704bf75c5\u0022 data-entity-type=\u0022file\u0022 width=\u0022250\u0022 height=\u0022234\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dghaskell.com\/\u0022\u003EDavid George Haskell\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cspan\u003Eis a writer and biologist acclaimed for his lyrical explorations of the living world. His most recent book, \u0022How Flowers Made Our World\u0022, explores the creative powers of flowering plants. Haskell is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, in 2012 for \u0022The Forest Unseen\u0022\u0026nbsp;and in 2022 for\u0026nbsp;\u0022Sounds Wild and Broken\u0022. His 2017 book, \u0022The Songs of Trees\u0022\u0026nbsp;won the John Burroughs Medal. Other literary honors include an Award in Literature from American Academy of Arts and Letters, two-time finalist for the PEN\/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, winner of the Acoustical Society of America\u2019s Science Communication Award, the National Academies\u2019 Best Book Award, Iris Book Award, Reed Environmental Writing Award, and National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature. Haskell has also written essays and multimedia experiences for\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEmergence Magazine\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, and other venues. He is an Adjunct\u0026nbsp;Professor of Environmental Sciences at Emory University. He previously was William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of the South, where he served as Chair of Biology and Director of the Environmental Arts and Humanities major.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHaskell holds degrees from the University of Oxford (BA) and from Cornell University (PhD). He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, a 2014-2015 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and an Elective Member of the American Ornithologists\u2019 Union. His scientific research on animal ecology, evolution, and conservation has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the World Wildlife Fund, among others. 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