Diane Ackerman Papers, 1971-1997

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Diane Ackerman Papers, 1971-1997

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Manuscripts, galleys, proofs, and reproductions of published and unpublished writings, including and also, photographs, poems, articles and essays, research notes, and other papers. The Planets, A Natural History of the Senses, A Natural History of Love, A Slender Thread;

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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Ackerman, Diane

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Diane Ackerman was born in Waukegan, Illinois in 1948. Her formal education, a B.A. in English from Pennsylvania State University (1970), an M.F.A. (1973), M.A. in English (1976), and Ph.D. in English (1978), all from Cornell University, coincided with her emergence as a lyric poet whose sensibilities are reminiscent of Thoreau, Whitman, and A.R. Ammons, among others. During the late 1970s and 1980s, Ackerman published three volumes of poetry and a verse drama, all with William Morr...