[SEMCO] [Mass Audubon] March 10/ Of Orcas and Frozen Tundra

[Amy Fleischer]

Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
invites you to a crossroads of science and literature

Of Orcas and Frozen Tundra: Two Authors on Alaskan Discovery
Sunday, March 10, 3 - 4 p.m.
Writers Eva Saulitis and Christine Byl live in two different parts of Alaska, where their jobs in wilderness deeply inform their creative work. Saulitis is a marine biologist whose research is based in Prince William Sound, while Byl lives on the tundra of the Interior, and builds and designs trails. This spring, Beacon Press in Boston launches their two new books: Saulitis' Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss in the Realm of Vanishing Orcas; and Byl's Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods. Both books tell the story of how a working life enmeshed in the natural world informs who a person becomes. Their memoirs blend the specific details of their jobs, the natural history of the places they work, and the narratives that arise from apprenticeship. Visuals from their life and work in Alaska will accompany the reading, and a question and answer period will follow. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Christine Byl is supported, in part, by a grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

$5 Members/$7 Nonmembers

And consider joining us for our inaugural reading discussion group:

Wild Words
Wednesday, March 6, 2 - 3 p.m.

Please join us for a discussion of the literary works of our upcoming speakers. We'll provide an excerpt of their work (electronically or, on special request, a print-out), and welcome you to purchase the entire book, or borrow it from the library. Read a lot or a litte, it's all up to you. Our discussion group will meet in the nature center, and coffee and pastries will be served.

Wednesday, March 6: Read the prologue and first chapter of Eva Saulitas' Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss in the Realm of Vanishing Orcas. A PDF of the excerpt will be e-mailed to registrants and the book is available for sale in the gift shop.

$3 Members/$4 Nonmembers

You may register by calling us at 508.349.2615, or by signing up online at www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay<http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay>.
Our March/ April program brochure can be viewed here: http://www.massaudubon.org/PDF/newsletters/Wellfleet_Bay_247.pdf

Please let me know if you have any questions, or suggestions about future programs. I hope to see you at the sanctuary soon!

Best wishes,
Amy

Amy Fleischer, Education Director/ Public Programs Coordinator
Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663
afleischer at massaudubon.org<mailto:afleischer at massaudubon.org>
508-349-2615, ext 114
Office Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts
www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay<http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay>

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