# The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass - Hardcover

by **Edward O. Wilson** (Author), **Robert Hass** (Author), **Lee Briccetti** (Foreword by)

**_A meeting of great minds at the intersection of the arts and sciences_**

"Enchanting. . . . _The Poetic Species_ is a wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating." --**Maria Popova, _Marginalian_**

In this shimmering conversation, Edward O. Wilson, renowned scientist and proponent of "consilience" or the unity of knowledge, finds an ardent interlocutor in Robert Hass, whose credo as United States poet laureate was "imagination makes communities." As they explore the many ways that poetry and science enhance each other, they travel from anthills to ancient Egypt and to the heights and depths of human potential.A testament to how science and the arts can join forces to educate and inspire, this book is also a passionate plea for conservation of all the planet's species.

### Author Biography

Coauthor of _The Poetic Species_, **Edward O. Wilson** (June 10, 1929 - December 26, 2021) was an American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist, and author of the _New York Times_ bestsellers _The Social Conquest of Earth_ and _Anthill: A Novel_, as well as the Pulitzer Prize-winning _On Human Nature_ and (with Bert Hölldobler) _The Ants_. For his contributions in science and conservation, he received more than 100 awards from around the world.

Coauthor of _The Poetic Species_, **Robert Hass** has served as United States Poet Laureate and as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. He has published many books of poetry, including _Time and Materials_, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and _What Light Can Do: Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World_, winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award. Awarded the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice), and the Yale Younger Poets Prize, Hass is co-founder of River of Words, an environmental education program for children, and a professor of English at the University of California at Berkeley.

**Number of Pages:** 112

**Dimensions:** 0.53 x 6.33 x 6.12 IN

**Publication Date:** April 22, 2014

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