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Author Talk: Ranae Hanson on Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress

Author Talk: Ranae Hanson on Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress In-Person

Join author Ranae Hanson for an in-person reading from her book, Watershed. An educator and committed climate activist, Ranae Lenor Hanson taught writing and global studies at Minneapolis College for thirty-one years. Ranae's book, Watershed is winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Memoir and Creative Nonfiction. Register for the program to reserve your spot; space is limited.

A personal health crisis, stories from environmental refugees, and our climate in danger prompt a meditation on intimate connections between the health of the body and the health of the ecosystem

What if we tended to an ailing ecosystem just as we care for ourselves in the throes of a medical condition. This possibility is explored here, in a work that is at once a memoir of illness and health, a contemplation of the surrounding natural world in distress, and a reflection on how these come together in opportunities for healing.

"The credo ‘water is life’ has become a key environmental rallying cry in the years since Standing Rock, and this book helps us remember why. It recalls an American past, inhabits a global present, and imagines a working future—it will be an aid to many as they grapple with our difficult moment."—Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and author of The End of Nature

Date:
Monday, May 2, 2022
Time:
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Time Zone:
Central Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Bunday Room
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Books & Reading  
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Event Organizer

Katlin Heidgerken-Greene

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