entomologist and artist, studying the sleep of insects, insects' effect on human culture, and the power of visuals

Joined May 2011
The Aldo Leopold Foundation has asked me to give an online talk and all are invited! (Thursday 8 October) events.zoom.us/ejl/Au822v9O9…
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Please join me for a virtual visit to the NJ Butterfly Club! This Tuesday, I will talk about how insects affect human culture... and have throughout our history as a species. Can register through njbutterflies.org us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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William Stobb, poet and fellow UWL professor, recorded a conversation with me for the latest issue of Conduit, a literary journal. Snippet here: conduit.org/barrett-klein-36
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I'll be giving a talk in Ohio about cultural entomology: arcofappalachia.org/cultural… If you would like to join a three-day workshop about insects, there are still 5 spots: arcofappalachia.org/insectep…
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Replying to @rno
@rno Klein has not only published the most comfortable, optimized keyboard layout ever created ("Engram"), but is the first person I am aware of to publish his Halloween costume as supplemental materials! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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My mom's (Karen Anne Klein's) art graces the cover of the latest issue of Nature Neuroscience! "The cover portrays the brighter phase of this [infraslow brain] rhythm in a panther chameleon sleeping at night." nature.com/neuro/volumes/29/…
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Danielle Hudson officially and triumphantly defended her master's thesis: "Pollination behavior of solitary ground-nesting bees in Wisconsin’s Driftless and beyond." Danielle is an ambassador for invertebrate conservation, spreading the word about our local, native pollinators.
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For all of those entomologists wondering what book Dr. Frankenstein is holding up in Guillermo del Toro's new cinematic masterpiece: worthpoint.com/worthopedia/e…
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Ready for an entomo-doubleheader deluxe at Daedalus Books? The great Peter Kuper and I will be giving talks about our insect-centered books (Insectopolis & The Insect Epiphany) and doodling in books afterwards. All are welcome to join the fun on 10 November in Portland, Oregon!
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The Sericulturist! Raising silkworm moths from eggs, my body partially transformed into the mulberry branches on which they feed, and was promptly overtaken by voracious Bombyx mori caterpillars -- spinning silk cocoons, then eclosing into winged, but flightless adults.
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