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Rebecca Solnit April 5, 2016

April 5, 2016

Solnit, writing out of San Francisco, California, is the author of 17 books with topics ranging from geography, community, art, politics, hope and feminism. She is the winner of numerous awards, including the Lannan Literary Award and the National Book Critics Award for “River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West.” Solnit’s books include “Men Explain Things to Me;” “Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas;” “The Faraway Nearby;” “Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas;” and “A Paradise Built in Hell.”