Tucson Festival of Books

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.


Panelists
Vince Beiser

Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author. His first book, "The World in a Grain," was a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and a California Book Award. His work has appeared in Wired, Harper’s, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and the New York Times, among other publications....

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Edward Humes

Edward Humes is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author whose 16 previous books include "The Forever Witness," "Mississippi Mud," "Garbology," and the PEN Award–winning "No Matter How Loud I Shout....

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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....

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Books:
Power Metal
The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future
Vince Beiser
Science / Medicine / Technology
Penguin Group
November 2024
ISBN 9780593541708
272 pages
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Total Garbage
How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World
Edward Humes
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Penguin Group
February 2025
ISBN 9780593543375
288 pages
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California Against the Sea
Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline
Rosanna Xia
Nature / Environment
Heyday Books
September 2024
ISBN 9781597146586
344 pages
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