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, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Rush’s work has appeared in a wide range of publications including The New York Times, 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.