Diane Ackerman

Contributor History

  • An Interview, Online Exclusive, Fall 2019
  • An Interview, Conjunctions: 73, Fall 2019
  • A Visit to Fredrik Ruysch’s Cabinets, Conjunctions: 71, Fall 2018
  • What the River Saw, Conjunctions: 70, Spring 2018
  • When the Deep Purple Falls, Private: Conjunctions Multimedia, Winter 2018
  • Owl Puke, Conjunctions: 49, Fall 2007
  • Give and Go, Conjunctions: 46, Spring 2006
  • Complaint on Her Cat, Conjunctions: 18, Spring 1992

Biography

Diane Ackerman is the author of many works of nonfiction and poetry, including The Zookeeper’s Wife (W. W. Norton), A Natural History of the Senses (Random House), and The Human Age (W. W. Norton). She has received the John Burroughs Nature Award, the Orion Book Award, and the PEN/Henry David Thoreau Prize, among other honors. A film version of The Zookeeper’s Wife appeared in 2017.