An Obsession With Butterflies Our Long Love Affair With A Singular Insect [Paperback]

Butterflies have always served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation, but as Sharman Apt Russell points out in this lyrical meditation, butterflies are above all objects of obsession. She reveals the logic behind our endless fascination with butterflies and introduces us to the legendary collectors and dedicated scientists who have obsessively catalogued new species of Lepidoptera. A luminous journey through an exotic world of passion and strange beauty, this is a book to be treasured by anyone who has ever experienced the enchantment of butterflies.

Sharman Apt Russellis the author of several books, includingHungerandSongs of the Fluteplayer, which won the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award. She has written for publications includingDiscoverandNature Conservancy, and currently contributes toOnEarth, the magazine for the National Resource Defense Council. Russell teaches creative writing at Western New Mexico University and at Antioch University in Los Angeles, California. She lives in Silver City, New Mexico.