Does Nature Exist? with Charles Hood
June 13, 2023 | 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Join Charles Hood for a nature discussion and Q&A hosted at the San Ramon Library where the author, poet, and nature photographer will dive into the topic: Does Nature Exist?
Charles Hood is the author of Heyday books such as A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat, Wild Sonoma and the forthcoming Nocturnalia, co-authored by José Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca. The nature-after-dark book offers practical tips for the budding nighttime naturalist, inviting citizen scientists of all stripes to expand our knowledge of this final frontier and our understanding of life on Earth. Exploring the evolutionary adaptations of owls, bats, and other nightlife animals; the natural history of nighttime plants; and the celestial patterns that regulate this after-dark kingdom, Hood and Martínez-Fonseca lift their lanterns to illuminate the exquisite and intricate inner workings of nature after nightfall.
Online registration is recommended, but we will welcome patrons on the day of the event, space permitting.
Register HereAbout the Speaker
Charles Hood
Poet and essayist Charles Hood has been a factory worker, a ski instructor, and a birding guide in Africa. His recent books published by Heyday include Nocturnalia, an appreciation of nature after dark, and the essay collection A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature. His wildlife studies have taken him around the world, from the high Arctic to the South Pole, and from Tibet to West Africa to the Amazon. Mammal no. 1,000 seen and recorded on his world animal list was a Crossley's dwarf lemur in Madagascar. (Mammal no. 999 was a Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat.) Recently retired and now professor emeritus, Hood lives in the Mojave Desert with two kayaks, two mountain bikes, two dogs, and five thousand books.
