Ruby McConnell and Char Miller

Join us for an evening with Ruby McConnell and Char Miller discussing their latest books, Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of Life and Natural Consequences: Intimate Essays for a Planet in Peril.

Ruby McConnell is a registered geologist and outdoor adventurer. She is a recipient of numerous honors, including the Literary Arts Oregon Literary Fellowship, and she was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. Ground Truth is an extended eulogy to a rapidly changing land, population and society awakening to the realities of logging, climate change, land-use and pollution. The book illuminates the central role of landscapes in our ideas of home and self despite the growing disconnect between modern lifestyle and the environment.

Char Miller is the W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College (Claremont, CA) and the author of more than fifteen books. In over forty site-specific essays, Natural Consequences provides critical historical context to current ecological challenges such as fire, drought, development, and fracking. These essays explain how we got here and suggest what we can do to thrive in the future.