Rosanna Xia
Rosanna Xia is an environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she specializes in stories about the coast and ocean. Her breadth of work includes the highly anticipated feature documentary film, Out of Plain Sight, which she directed and produced. Her celebrated book, "California Against the Sea," received the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and a gold medal from the California Book Awards. In 2020, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting.
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Awards: PEN Literary Award, California Against the Sea is a winner of the American Book Award and the California Book Award, and it was also selected by the Library of Congress as a 2024 Great Read from Great Places
Communities: Asian American
Preserving Our Planet
Join Vince Beiser, Edward Humes and Rosanna Xia as they discuss some of the big environmental challenges of our time. Limited resources, increasing waste, and rising seas are serious concerns. Our authors will share possible solutions that can be implemented now, before it's too late.
Student Union Gallagher Theater (Seats 337)
Sat, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Multigenre
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)
Panelists:
Vince Beiser,
Edward Humes,
Rosanna Xia
Moderator: Steve Goldstein
Climate, Society & Solutions
The planet we call home is in trouble and we are witnessing it first-hand. The human impacts on our land and climate are hard to separate from our lives. Join environmental journalists for a discussion on the places experiencing the burden and the remarkable people devoting their lives to reversing them.
WNPA Stage (Seats 146)
Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Nature / Environment
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - National Parks (following presentation)
Panelists:
Edward Humes,
Rosanna Xia
Moderator: Christine Lehnertz
Book:
California Against the Sea
Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline
Nature / Environment
Heyday Books
September 2024
ISBN 9781597146586
344 pages
