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Going Outside With Author Ruby McConnell!

Join us for a fun discussion with Oregon author Ruby McConnell, a geologist, researcher, activist, and explorer, whose work focuses on nature, the environment, and the relationship between landscape and the human experience. Her experiences as a researcher, activist, and explorer in the wildlands of the western United States led her to write She’s written “A Woman’s Guide to the Wild” and “Ground Truth: A Geological Survey Of Life,” which was a finalist for the 2021 Oregon Book Award. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Grain Literary Journal, Oregon Humanities Magazine, and Mother Earth News and was awarded an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship in 2016. Connect with Ruby at https://www.rubymcconnell.com/ Check out her books at Powell’s, Indiebound, Amazon, and your local bookseller. #rubymcconnell #outdoors #womansguidetothewild #groundtruth