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Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Cindy

John Holmes writes: Today is International Darwin Day, held every year to celebrate the birthday of Charles Darwin (he would be 205 today!). It is hard to exaggerate Darwin’s impact on science. In his seminal book On the Origin of … Continue reading →

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John Holmes’s book is now available in paperback

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Cindy

John Holmes’s book Darwin’s Bards: British and American Poetry in the Age of Evolution (2009) has just come out in paperback with Edinburgh University Press. John’s book examines how poets have responded to Darwinism and other evolutionary theories from the … Continue reading →

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