Elizabeth Rush is the author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore and Still Lifes from a Vanishing City: Essays and Photographs from Yangon, Myanmar. Her work explores how humans adapt to changes enacted upon them by forces seemingly beyond their control, from ecological transformation to political revolution. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Harper’s, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard and the New Republic, among others. She received her MFA in nonfiction from Southern New Hampshire University, and teaches creative nonfiction at Brown University.
Master Class on Literary Journalism
Feb. 22, 2022 | 3:30-5 p.m. | Win Thompson Hall 331
Public Reading: Elizabeth Rush with Q & A and Book Signing
Feb. 22, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. | College of Business Auditorium
Craft Talk: Environmental Writing, Climate Change, and Literary Journalism
Feb. 23, 2022 | 3-4:15 p.m. | Win Thompson Hall 331