Rebecca Solnit author talk

REBECCA SOLNIT
talk & booksigning for "Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics"
Tuesday, August 7 at 7 pm

Rebecca Solnit has made a vocation out of journeying into difficult territory and reporting back - as an environmentalist, public intellectual, and anti-globalization activist. "Storming the Gates of Paradise," an anthology of her essays from the past ten years, comprise a unique guidebook to the American landscape after the millennium - not just the deserts, skies, gardens, and wilderness areas that have long made up Solnit’s subject matter, but the social landscape of democracy and repression, of borders, ruins, and protests.

Rebecca Solnit is the author of ten books – among them "Wanderlust," "Savage Dreams," and "Hollow City" – as well as numerous articles for which she has received awards and accolades. In 2003, she won the National Book Critics Circle Award for "River of Shadows," as well as the Lannan Literary Award.

This Booksmith sponsored event will take place at The Booksmith (1644 Haight Street in San Francisco). For further information, call 415-863-8688 or visit http://www.booksmith.com If you can't attend this event and would like to order a signed copy of the author's new book, please email or phone our store.