She recently told Newsweek about her five most important books. And addressed two related issues:
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A book that you always return to:Read more about Diane Ackerman's most important books.
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda. Romantic sambas, magical imagery, it's perfect to share with a sweetheart.
A book you hope parents read to their children:
Randall Jarrell's The Bat-Poet. It will flutter into a child's heart.
--Marshal Zeringue