Elizabeth Rush

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. Rush’s work has appeared in a wide range of publications from the New York Times to Orion and Guernica. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Science Foundation, National Geographic, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Howard Foundation, the Andrew Mellon Foundation and the Metcalf Institute. She lives with her husband and son in Providence, Rhode Island, where she teaches creative nonfiction at Brown University.
Awards
Society for Environmental Journalism Grant
Metcalf Institute Climate Change Adaption Fellowship
Science in Society Award
Howard Foundation Fellowship
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CANCELED Virtual: Elizabeth Rush appearing with Politics and Prose Craft Class featuring Amber Caron
Minneapolis, MN — 10/01/2023
Join Elizabeth Rush and Amber Caron for the author workshop on Observing and Recording Intimate Details. Transform what you witness...