Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books, including A Field Guide to Getting Lost, The Faraway Nearby, AParadise Built in Hell, River of Shadows, and Wanderlust.She is also the author of Men Explain Things to Me and many essays on feminism, activism and social change, hope, and the climate crisis. Almost exactly one year after the announced live and in-person appearance by Rebecca Solnit and Carrie Brownstein would have happened for her extraordinary, then-newly released memoir, Recollections of My Nonexistence (Penguin) but had to be scuttled, as most all else did, with the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects taking hold, we are delighted to be able to present the two of them virtually in conversation, this time. ![]() She is also the author of Men Explain Things to Me and many essays on feminism, activism. ![]() Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books, including A Field Guide to Getting Lost, The Faraway Nearby, AParadise Built in Hell, River of Shadows, and Wanderlust. She writes about street harassment, violence against women, and how keeping women silent and discrediting their voices leads to real harm. Her memoir focuses on feminism, how her identity as a woman has impacted her life as a writer, and larger movements outside of her own experience. Rebecca Solnit’s writing is absolutely gorgeous. But this memoir doesn’t track the typical benchmarks of success. Rebecca Solnit is an enormous figure in politics, social activism, feminism, injustice, urban studies and environmental issues.
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