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In a historical moment of hurricanes, flooding, and unprecedented weather events, it is becoming increasingly clear that climate change is neither imagined nor distant\u2014and that it is changing the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0Rising<\/em>, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through our nation\u2019s disappearing places, from Louisiana to Miami, Staten Island to the Bay Area. The wetlands that define these regions are among the most imperiled ecosystems on the planet\u2014accustomed to periods of change, of ebb and flow, yet overwhelmed by rapidly shifting conditions. For many of the plants and animals who live there, the options are stark: retreat or perish in place.<\/p>\nIs human civilization facing a similar set of limited options? And how do we move forward in a world whose borders are already becoming unsettled and strange? Weaving the firsthand accounts of those who are living through sea level rise today\u2014scientists, activists, and members of the communities both currently at risk and already displaced\u2014with eyewitness reporting from our shoreline\u2019s disappearing places,\u00a0Rising<\/em>\u00a0is at once polyphonic and precise, lyric reportage that privileges the voices of those usually kept at the margins.<\/p>\nA shimmering meditation on vulnerability and on vulnerable communities, both human and more than human, and on how to let go of the places we love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hello All, I am writing with some very exciting news. My book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore,\u00a0will be published by Milkweed Editions next spring. You can pre-order your copy now. Simply click on the link below. Rising DISPATCHES FROM THE NEW AMERICAN SHORE By Elizabeth Rush PRE-ORDER NOW FOR JUNE! SHARE … <\/p>\n
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