“Wherever she went, there were ornithologists, biologists, naturalists and scientists desperately trying to stave off the extinction of species and preserve natural habitats.
‘I think they are driven by a tremendous sense of loss,’ says [Elizabeth] Kolbert, who speaks on Nov. 16 at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland as a guest of Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Literary Evenings. She’ll also be at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve for an Audobon Society of Western Pennsylvania event. ‘There’s an attachment to all life that we do have. Our destructive tendencies, sadly enough, are getting people to realize there are very low numbers of some species. It happens over and over again.'”
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“Given what she has learned and seen of creatures gone and going, she admits to feeling a responsibility to write this book.
‘It sort of did become that. On those occasions when I wanted to give up in despair I recognized I had an obligation to bring the book to completion, both to the world at large and to the people and scientists who gave a lot of their time,’ she said. ‘They wanted the information out.'”
Looking forward to Author Elizabeth Kolbert's (16th Heinz Award) talk @PghArtsLectures on 11/16 @ElizKolbert
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— Heinz Awards (@heinzawards) November 9, 2015
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