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Walk Through Fire with Jess Phoenix

Traveling the globe and discovering the secrets of the earth sounds like the purview of fictious adventurers like Indiana Jones and Robinson Crusoe. But for Jess Phoenix, it’s a daily reality. As a volcanologist, Phoenix braves sweltering deserts and frigid glaciers to study the earth’s volcanoes. Her “boots on the ground” approach to geology has taken her everywhere from the peaks of the Peruvian Andes to the wilds of the Grand Tetons. Ms. Adventure follows Phoenix on a break-neck journey across the globe, as she encounters narcos in Sinaloa, trudges through sewers in Cusco, and cements a place for herself in the male-dominated field of volcanology.

Jess Phoenix’s unbelievable anecdotes propel the reader across the globe—from deep-sea submersibles, to congressional races, to glittering cocktail parties at Manhattan’s elite Explorers Club. Against every backdrop in Phoenix’s life is her indefatigable passion for science: she never hesitates to go all in. As a female scientist, she fights for representation in her field. The barriers she faces drive her to advocate for diversity and equal opportunity in environmental sciences, eventually leading her to co-found the inclusivity-driven nonprofit, Blueprint Earth. Her tenacious run for congress aims to unseat a climate science-denying incumbent by establishing a platform based on evidence-based research. Ultimately, the through line of Ms. Adventure is this core belief that scientific discovery is the key to not only understanding the world around us, but to making it a better place. Ms. Adventure is not just an adventure story, but a love letter to discovery—an invitation to explore our rapidly changing world.

Jess Phoenix is a volcanologist, an extreme explorer, and a professional field scientist. She is a Fellow in the Explorers Club and Royal Geographical Society, a featured scientist on the Discovery and Science Channels, and an invited TEDx speaker.

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As a culture, Americans love to recycle – we’ve been taught it’s one of the best things you can do for the environment and we take pride in sorting out our plastic bottles and metal cans. But how many of us know how recycling actually works, or where those bottles and cans end up? And how many of us have stood over our bins with a takeout container or packing material, asking, “Can I recycle this?”
 
Luckily, Jennie Romer is here to help. As a lawyer, environmental activist, and leading expert on single-use plastics, she’s spent over a decade fighting for effective pollution laws – including helping to author the New York and California plastic bag bans. Now she’s written the book to explain everything you need to know about recycling, with CAN I RECYCLE THIS?: A Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics. Beautifully illustrated by Christie Young, CAN I RECYCLE THIS? is the charming and informative guide your kitchen shelf needs.
 
 Recycling rules seem to differ in every municipality, with exceptions and caveats at every turn, leaving the average American bewildered by the simple act of throwing something away. No longer! In CAN I RECYCLE THIS?, Romer walks readers through the recycling process, showing you how it really works and providing both necessary clarity and fascinating insight. She provides straightforward answers as to whether dozens of common household objects can be recycled, along with tips and tricks for being more conscientious about what we consume and how we handle our waste.
 
Jennie Romer is a Legal Associate for the Surfrider Foundation's Plastic Pollution Initiative, and her knowledge is routinely sought by legislators, environmental nonprofits, and businesses across the U.S., and she helped author plastic bag bans in California and New York.

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Kim Stafford will read from his new poetry book, Singer Come from Afar, following by a short conversation with Corvallis writer Jeff Fearnside, and audience Q&A. The reading will include a short poetry film, a glimpse of first drafts for poems in the book, and reflections on a citizen writing practice.

Kim Stafford’s Singer Come from Afar considers war and peace, pandemic struggles, Earth imperatives, a seeker’s spirit, and forging kinship. Stafford’s poems speak for hidden heroes, resonant places, and for our chance to converge in spite of differences. He views the writing and sharing of poetry as an essential act of testimony to sustain tikkun olam, the healing of the world, through poems of blessing, consolation, and witness. The book seeks to pose the question: How can poems befriend the creative life? May this book be the hidden spring you seek.

Kim Stafford is the author of a dozen books, including Singer Come from Afar (Red Hen Press, 2021). He has taught writing in Scotland, Mexico, Italy, and Bhutan. In May 2018 he was named Oregon’s 9^th Poet Laureate by Governor Kate Brown for a two-year term.

Jeff Fearnside is author of Making Love While Levitating Three Feet in the Air (Stephen F. Austin State University Press) and Ships in the Desert (forthcoming from the SFWP Press). His work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including The Paris Review, Los Angeles Review, Story, and The Sun.

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