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  <name><![CDATA[Diane Ackerman]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Diane Ackerman received her B.A. in English from Penn State and an M.F.A. and Ph.D. in English from Cornell University in 1978. Her dissertation advisor was [author:Carl Sagan]. From 1980 to 1983 she taught English at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has been married to novelist [author:Paul West] since 1970. She currently resides in Ithaca, New York. A collection of her manuscripts, writings and papers is housed at the Cornell University Library.
Ackerman's awards and honors include: a Guggenheim Fellowship, the John Burroughs Nature Award, and the Lavan Poetry Prize. She was named a &quot;Literary Lion&quot; by the New York Public Library, and a molecule (&quot;dianeackerone&quot;) has been named after her. 
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  <title><![CDATA[The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Natural History of the Senses]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Natural History of Love]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Deep Play]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Slender Thread]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems]]></title>
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