Award-winning teacher and writer David George Haskell, PhD, Professor of Biology, Sewanee, The University of the South, expands his focus from one square meter (The Forest Unseen) to the expansive networked communities of life as observed in the presence of trees around the world. A keen observer of all living things, Haskell brings together ecological understanding with poetic narrative as he describes discoveries from root to branch tip, from one specimen to a forest of collaborators. Join The Arnold Arboretum on Wednesday, April 12 at 7 pm as Haskell expounds upon webs of connections that weave through the environment, human nature, science, and ethics. His book, The Songs of Trees, will be available for purchase and signing. Fees: Free Arboretum member and student; $10 nonmember.

David George Haskell’s work integrates scientific, literary, and contemplative studies of the natural world. He is a professor at the University of the South and a Guggenheim Fellow. A profile in The New York Times said of Haskell that he “thinks like a biologist, writes like a poet, and gives the natural world the kind of open-minded attention one expects from a Zen monk rather than a hypothesis-driven scientist.”

Offered with the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture. Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.