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An Evening with Elizabeth Rush (Rescheduled!)
October 21 2020
6:00pm to 7:00pm
A 2019 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction Finalist
Acclaimed author Elizabeth Rush will visit the Centre Region in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Rush’s book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, was nominated for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and bears witness to the extreme impact of coastal changes on individuals, communities, and economic well-being. A featured speaker at the 2019 Chautauqua Institute, Rush received her MFA in nonfiction from Southern New Hampshire University and teaches creative nonfiction at Brown University.
- When: Wednesday, October 21, 6pm-7pm
- Where: Schlow Library's Zoom Room
- Booksales: Webster's Bookstore & Cafe *Schlow will have 25 bookplates available for the first 25 registrants
Presented in collaboration with The Sustainability Institute at Penn State University and the Schlow Library Foundation.
Funding for the event is provided by the Ruth E. Rishel Charitable Fund at Centre Foundation, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020.
