Central to my writing practice is the act of listening: listening to those who live in front-line climate changed communities, listening to Antarctica’s great glaciers as they go to pieces, listening to all those voices long locked out of environmental conversations. My work explores a couple of fundamental questions: what does our disassembling world ask of us? How can we continue to live and love while also losing much?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SELECTED ESSAYS: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n RECENTLY:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Drought Will Make Water Rationing Routine<\/a> in The Atlantic<\/p>\n\n\n\n What Does Antarctica’s Disintegration Asks of Us?<\/a> in The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tell Me How You Love<\/a> in Orion<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The New York Times<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What Our Beech Tree Teaches us About the Possibility of the Future<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is Not the Way to Stop Homes from Flooding<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Vogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “What Antarctica’s Melting Glaciers Taught Me About Motherhood”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lit Hub<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Searching for Women’s Voices in the Harshest Landscape on Earth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Harpers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Stormy Waters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Orion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What the Ice Asks of Us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n First Passage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Prairie Chicken Marathon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Memorial for the Future<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Elegant Remains: A Day in New York\u2019s Largest Landfill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 Questions for Elizabeth Rush, Author of Still Lifes from a Vanishing City<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n National Geographic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s What Antartica’s Calving Glaciers Look Like Up Close<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n These Women are Changing the Landscape of Antarctic Research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Guernica<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Marsh at the End of the World<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Guardian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meet America’s New Climate Normal: Towns that Flood When it isn’t Raining<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rising Seas: “Florida’s About to be Wiped Off the Map”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Atlantic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Can San Francisco Be Saved from the Sea?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Creative Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Something Like Vertigo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pacific Standard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Postcard from Rhode Island<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The New Republic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As the Seas Rise<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Granta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Still Lifes from a Vanishing City<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n PUBLIC: A Journal of Imagining America<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Climate Change and the Stories We Tell: The Making of a Digital Archive in Rural Maine”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Dark Mountain Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Skeleton of the Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (anthologized)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Witness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Saree Express<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Al Jazeera<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fox Beach Fades to Green<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Urban Omnibus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaving the Sea: Staten Islanders Experiment with Managed Retreat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Storm that Will Be: Protecting Public Housing in the New 100-year Floodplain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Le Monde Diplomatique<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Down on the Disappearing Bayou<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Widening the Strand: Burma Returns to Market<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n How Not to Grow a New Town: Property Speculation Arrives in Lima\u2019s Migrantvilles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Passing Through: India\u2019s Border Fence with Bangladesh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Burma: Democracy\u2019s Edge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Day Burma Began to Change<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A Room of Her Own: Portraits of Women\u2019s Bedrooms in North Vietnam<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Futures of Farming<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hurricane Sandy Not Forgotten<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Frieze<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking Place: Performance art in Burma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Juan Manuel Echavarr\u00eda and the War We Have Not Seen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Podcasts and other Miscellany<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Organizing Amid Rising Tides” The Dig Podcast brought to you by Jacobin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n “For Those Living by the Water’s Edge, it May Be Time to Move” in the Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Burning Worlds with Elizabeth Rush” at the Chicago Review of Books<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Working Backwards with Elizabeth Rush” Episode 71 of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n “The Hero’s Journey: Climate Change Adaptation and Creative Nonfiction Writing” Episode 58 of the America Adapts Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n “When Climate Change Affects Livelihoods, Adapting Trumps Believing” in the Portland Press Herald <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
![Memorial for the Future<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nElegant Remains: A Day in New York\u2019s Largest Landfill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n5 Questions for Elizabeth Rush, Author of Still Lifes from a Vanishing City<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nNational Geographic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nHere’s What Antartica’s Calving Glaciers Look Like Up Close<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThese Women are Changing the Landscape of Antarctic Research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nGuernica<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Marsh at the End of the World<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Guardian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nMeet America’s New Climate Normal: Towns that Flood When it isn’t Raining<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nRising Seas: “Florida’s About to be Wiped Off the Map”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Atlantic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCan San Francisco Be Saved from the Sea?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nCreative Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSomething Like Vertigo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPacific Standard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nPostcard from Rhode Island<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe New Republic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAs the Seas Rise<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nGranta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStill Lifes from a Vanishing City<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPUBLIC: A Journal of Imagining America<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n“Climate Change and the Stories We Tell: The Making of a Digital Archive in Rural Maine”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Dark Mountain Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Skeleton of the Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (anthologized)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nWitness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Saree Express<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nAl Jazeera<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nFox Beach Fades to Green<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nUrban Omnibus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nLeaving the Sea: Staten Islanders Experiment with Managed Retreat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Storm that Will Be: Protecting Public Housing in the New 100-year Floodplain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nLe Monde Diplomatique<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nDown on the Disappearing Bayou<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nWidening the Strand: Burma Returns to Market<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nHow Not to Grow a New Town: Property Speculation Arrives in Lima\u2019s Migrantvilles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPassing Through: India\u2019s Border Fence with Bangladesh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nBurma: Democracy\u2019s Edge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Day Burma Began to Change<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nA Room of Her Own: Portraits of Women\u2019s Bedrooms in North Vietnam<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Futures of Farming<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nHurricane Sandy Not Forgotten<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nFrieze<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nTaking Place: Performance art in Burma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nJuan Manuel Echavarr\u00eda and the War We Have Not Seen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPodcasts and other Miscellany<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n“Organizing Amid Rising Tides” The Dig Podcast brought to you by Jacobin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n“For Those Living by the Water’s Edge, it May Be Time to Move” in the Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n“Burning Worlds with Elizabeth Rush” at the Chicago Review of Books<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n“Working Backwards with Elizabeth Rush” Episode 71 of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n“The Hero’s Journey: Climate Change Adaptation and Creative Nonfiction Writing” Episode 58 of the America Adapts Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n“When Climate Change Affects Livelihoods, Adapting Trumps Believing” in the Portland Press Herald <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n“An Ocean State of Mind” in the Providence Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Central to my writing practice is the act of listening: listening to those who live in front-line climate changed communities, listening to Antarctica’s great glaciers as they go to pieces, listening to all those voices long locked out of environmental conversations. 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