Bonding to Trees with David Haskell
Researcher and author David Haskell shares the relationship between trees and people.
Rabbi Rami talks to David Haskell about discovering our extraordinary connection to trees. An interview appears in the Nov/Dec issue of S&H.
David Haskell’s work integrates scientific, literary, and contemplative studies of the natural world.His latest book, The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature’s Great Connectors (Viking, 2017), examines the many ways that trees and humans are connected. Deborah Blum, Pulitzer winner, author of The Poisoner’s Handbook, and director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT says of The Songs of Trees, “David George Haskell may be the finest literary nature writer working today. The Songs of Trees – compelling, lyrical, wise – is a case in point.”
