The Art of Botanical Prose

Event Date as Display String:

Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 7:00pm - 8:15pm

Location:

Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Boston

URL:

https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1908&DayPlannerDate=6/25/2019

Event Description:

Gazette Classification: Environmental Sciences,Lecture,Poetry/Prose
Organization/Sponsor: Arnold Arboretum Speaker(s): <strong>Jonathan
Damery</strong><br /><em>Associate Editor of Arnoldia, Arnold
Arboretum</em> (https://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/people/jonathan-damery/)
Cost: $10 Ticket Web Link:
https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1908&DayPlannerDate=6/25/2019
Contact Info: Pam Thompson adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu 617-384-5277
Link: https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1908&DayPlannerDate=6/25/2019
All writers must contend with translation. A poet translates the
movement of a dancing figure into a brief couplet, and an essayist
translates the noise and commotion of the city where she lives into a
single paragraph. The three-dimensional world filters into text, and
when done especially well — the realm of literature and art — readers
often forget that translation has even occurred. In this talk,
Jonathan Damery, the associate editor for Arnoldia, will provide a
readerly tour through horticultural and botanical reference books,
encouraging readers to see the artistic endeavor within even the most
exhaustive of botanical descriptions. Fee $5 member, $10 nonmember
Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 19:00 to 20:15

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