Elizabeth Kolbert: Under a White Sky
About the Event:
Historically, human intervention in the workings of our planet has wreaked havoc on nature. Now, human invention may be our best chance to save the Earth, argues Pulitzer Prize-winning winning author Elizabeth Kolbert in her latest book, Under a White Sky. Join Kolbert (The Sixth Extinction) and Eula Biss (Having and Being Had) for a conversation about the perils and hopes of our new geological epoch where trailblazing inventors are already reimagining the nature of the future.
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Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert is the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change and The Sixth Extinction, for w...
Eula Biss
Eula Biss is the author of four books, including Having and Being Had and The New York Times bestseller On Immunity: An Inoculatio...
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