Meet Richard Horan, author of Seeds, Sunday, May 15, 1 p.m., UConn Co-op. Richard Horan gives us natural history, an homage to trees, literary gossip, adventure and a dose of excellent travel writing in his new book SEEDS: One Man's Serendipitous Journey to Find the Trees That Inspired Famous American Writers from Faulkner to Kerouac, Welty to Wharton. From the wooded road made of golden hemlock running past L. Frank Baum's childhood home to the lonely stump of Scout's oak in Harper Lee's Alabama, Horan gathers tree seeds-and stories-from the homes of America's most treasured authors. At once a heartfelt paean to literature and a wise, funny, and uplifting account of one man's reconnection with nature, Seeds celebrates Horan's triumphs and calamities on his quest to link trees with great writers-a delightfully original meditation on the nature of inspiration and a one-of-a-kind foray into literature. Free but please call to ensure a seat, 860-486-5027. Co-sponsored with the Connecticut Museum of Natural History.
