Features & ReviewsVladimir Nabokov, Butterfly ExpertLuke WaltnerJanuary 26, 2011 Nabokov once wrote “Genius is an African who dreams up snow.” Now, about 40 years after he dreamed up an evolutionary history for a species of butterflies, gene sequencing has proved the author right. Share Tweet Share Luke Waltner Luke Waltner is a custodian, not a janitor. He regularly writes oral histories. You May Also Like Read Reviews An Unsentimental Look at the ’90s: Gina Tron’s Suspect Alex DiFrancescoJanuary 21, 2025 Read Interviews Our Bodies are Bodies and Our Bones Are Bones: A Conversation with Amanda Hawkins Olivia Q. PintairJanuary 20, 2025 Read Poetry Reviews Echoes in the Gallery: Andy Young’s Museum of the Soon to Depart Ed SkoogJanuary 15, 2025 Read Interviews The Vastness of What We Don’t See: A Conversation with Oluwaseun Olayiwola Nathan Xavier OsorioJanuary 15, 2025
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