Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
Chicago, IL 60605
United States
In partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Chicago Public Library is pleased to welcome author Elizabeth Rush for a conversation about her new book Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. The conversation will be moderated by NRDC Senior Policy Analyst Rob Moore, whose work focuses on water-related impacts of our rapidly warming climate, including the rising risks of flooding and the effects of sea-level rise. LEARN MORE
Doors to the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium open at 5 p.m. and seating is available first come, first served. Program begins at 6 p.m. Books will be available for purchase from Bookends and Beginnings and the author will autograph books at the conclusion of the program.
Elizabeth Rush
Elizabeth Rush is the author of The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth and Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Rising weaves the firsthand accounts of those who are living through sea level rise today with eyewitness reporting from our shoreline’s disappearing places.