Elizabeth RushRising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
Sprecher: Marlo, Coleen
Elizabeth Rush's journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Harper's, Pacific Standard, and the New Republic, among others. She is the recipient of fellowships and grants including the Howard Foundation Fellowship, awarded by Brown University; the Andrew Mellon Foundation Fellowship for Pedagogical Innovation in the Humanities; the Metcalf Institute Fellowship; and the Science in Society Journalism Award from the National Association of Science Writers. She received her MFA in nonfiction from Southern New Hampshire University and her BA from Reed College. She lives in Rhode Island, where she teaches creative nonfiction at Brown University.
CONTENTS
The Password
Jacob's Point, Rhode Island
RAMPIKES
Persimmons
Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana
On Gratitude
Laura Sewall: Small Point, Maine
The Marsh at the End of the World
Phippsburg, Maine
Pulse
South Florida
On Reckoning
Dan Kipnis: Miami Beach, Florida
RHIZOMES
On Storms
Nicole Montalto: Oakwood Beach, Staten Island
Divining Rod
Oakwood Beach, Staten Island
On Vulnerability
Marilynn Wiggins: Pensacola, Florida
Risk
Pensacola, Florida
On Opportunity
Chris Brunet: Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana
Goodbye Cloud Reflections in the Bay
Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana
RISING
Connecting the Dots
H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon
On Restoration
Richard Santos: Alviso, California
Looking Backward and Forward in Time
San Francisco Bay, California
Afterword: Listening at the Water's Edge
Acknowledgments
Notes
