Elizabeth Rush
Elizabeth Rush is an American non-fiction author best known for her books The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating Hope in a Warming World and Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, the latter of which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.[1]
Career
[edit]Rush is known for her environmental non-fiction writing. Her book The Quickening details a 54-day expedition she joined with 57 scientists and crew to Thwaites Glacier on Antarctica in 2019.[2] She applied to be part of the mission through the "Antarctic Artists & Writers Program" in which two artists or writers are sent to Antarctica per year, filling a 60-page application for the opportunity.[2]
In addition to her writing, Rush teaches creative non-fiction at Brown University.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Rush received a BA in English from Reed College in 2006. In 2010, she received a MFA from Southern New Hampshire University.[3] Rush lives with her husband and son in Providence, Rhode Island.[4] Her husband is a Columbian immigrant.[4]
Awards and honors
[edit]Her book Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.[5]
Books
[edit]- The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth (Milkweed Editions, 2023)[6]
- Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore (Milkweed Editions, 2018)
- Still Lifes from a Vanishing City
References
[edit]- ^ "Elizabeth Rush". Milkweed Editions. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b Stein, Eliot (15 August 2023). "Elizabeth Rush on her epic journey to Earth's 'doomsday glacier'". BBC. Archived from the original on 25 November 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Elizabeth Rush". Brown University. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Elizabeth Rush". National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Finalist: Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, by Elizabeth Rush (Milkweed Editions)". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Why bring a child into this broken world? Take an Antarctic expedition to find out". Los Angeles Times. 14 August 2023. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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