Elizabeth Rush is an American author.

Early life and education

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In 2006, Rush received a BA in English from Reed College. In 2010, she received a MFA from Southern New Hampshire University.[1]

Career

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Her book The Quickening details a 54-day expedition she joined with 57 scientists and crew to Thwaites Glacier on Antarctica.[2]

Awards and honors

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Her book Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.[3]

Books

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  • The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth (Milkweed Editions, 2023)[4]
  • Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore (Milkweed Editions, 2018)
  • Still Lifes from a Vanishing City

References

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Official website