Nature writer Robert Pyle to read at KALA
Washington author’s newest book is ‘Evolution of the Genus Iris’
ASTORIA — KALA welcomes
nature writer Robert Michael
Pyle at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan.
23. Pyle will read from his lat-
est release, “Evolution of the
Genus Iris.” After 18 books of
prose, hundreds of essays, distin-
guished keynote lectures, articles
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lected his unpublished poetry in
this volume.
A Grays River, Washing-
ton-based author, Pyle is widely
known for his publications, in-
cluding “Where Bigfoot Walks,”
“Mariposa Road,” “The Tangled
Bank” (a collection of his es-
says for Orion Magazine), and
for co-editing the grand tome
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and drawings of author and fellow
lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov.
Pyle is notably the founder of
the international Xerces Society
for Invertebrate Conservation. A
Guggenheim Fellow, he has won
the John Burroughs Medal, three
Governor’s Writer’s Awards, a
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for Nature Writing, and the Na-
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ecology and conservation, he
received the John Adams Com-
stock Award and a Distinguished
Service Award from the Society
for Conservation Biology. He
was recently appointed Honor-
ary Fellow of the Royal Entomo-
logical Society and Senior Fel-
low of the Spring Creek Project
at Oregon State University.
For 35 years he has dwelt
beside, observed and drawn in-
spiration from Grays River in
the Willapa Hills of southwest
Washington.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Follow-
ing the reading, the author will
sign books, and KALA serves
complimentary treats with
Finnish mustard. Admission is
$8. Cocktails will be available.
KALA is located at 1017 Marine
Drive in Astoria. For more infor-
mation, call 503-338-4878.
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