Gretel Ehrlich: Writing on Ice
Author Gretel Ehrlich presents her talk, "Writing on Ice," as part of NonfictioNOW.
Tickets are $8 each or $20 for all three keynotes. All keynotes are included in conference registration.
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About the Author
Gretel Ehrlich is the author of 15 books of nonfiction, fiction and poetry — including "The Solace of Open Spaces," "Heart Mountain," "This Cold Heaven," and "Facing the Wave," which was long-listed for the National Book Award. Her books have won many awards, including the first Henry David Thoreau Award for Nature Writing, the PEN USA Award for Nonfiction, the Harold D. Vurcell Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, three National Geographic Expedition Grants for travel in the Arctic, a Whiting Award and an NEA. Her work has appeared in Harper's, the Atlantic, Orion, the New York Times Magazine and Best Essays of the Century among many other publications. Her poetry was featured on "PBS NewsHour." Gretel traveled for 20 years in northwestern Greenland by dogsled with subsistence Inuit hunters. In 2007, the National Geographic Expeditions Council sent her around the top of the world to explore with indigenous Arctic people in Alaska, Nunavut, Greenland and Arctic Russia how their lives were affected by climate change. An updated report from Greenland on climate and Arctic culture appeared in the April 2015 issue of Harper’s Magazine. She lives with her partner, Neal Conan, on a farm in the highlands of the Big Island of Hawaii and a cabin in Montana.
About NonfictioNOW
The NonfictioNOW Conference is a regular gathering of over 400 nonfiction writers, teachers and students from around the world in an effort to explore the past, present and future of nonfiction. Panels and readings highlight the myriad forms of nonfiction, from the video essay and graphic essays, to the memoir, lyric essay and literary journalism. This year's keynote speakers are Francisco Cantu, Gretel Ehrlich, Stephanie Griest and Melissa Lucashenko. Registration is $200 through Sept. 15. Students can register for $115. For more information, visit http://nonfictionow.org.