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Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds
July 28, 2017 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds | The Aldo Leopold Foundation
After stumbling upon a book of photographs depicting extinct animals, author and UW-Eau Claire English professor B.J. Hollars became fascinated by the creatures that are no longer with us; specifically, extinct birds. How, he wondered, could we preserve so beautifully on film what we’ve failed to preserve in life? Join Hollars for a presentation from Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds as well as a conversation on what we can do to save threatened species, as well as ourselves.
B.J. Hollars is the author of several books, most recently Flock Together: A Love Affair With Extinct Birds, From the Mouths of Dogs: What Our Pets Teach Us About Life, Death, and Being Human, as well as a collection of essays, This Is Only A Test. Hollars serves as a mentor for Creative Nonfiction and the founder and executive director of the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild. An associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, he lives a simple existence with his wife, their children, and their dog.