Tuesday, December 19, 2023: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (PST) via Zoom

MEET ROSANNA XIA, author of California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline, and join the LA Law Library book discussion group via Zoom as we continue our year-long exploration of environmental justice and climate related issues.  Along California’s 1,200 mile-coastline, the overheated Pacific Ocean is rising, imperiling both wildlife and the maritime towns and cities that 27 million people call home.  Xia, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, investigates the impacts of engineered landscapes, the market pressures of development, and the ecological activism and political scrimmages that have carved our contemporary coastline and foretell even greater changes to our shores.  Xia charts how the decisions we make today will determine where we go tomorrow: headlong into natural disaster, or toward an equitable refashioning.  Join the discussion and share your thoughts!

Meet author Rosanna Xia on Zoom:

• Environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she specializes in stories about the coast and ocean
• Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020 for explanatory reporting
• Work anthologized in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series

Presented by: Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Research

Registration fee: FREE. This discussion will be hosted via Zoom. Zoom information and link will be emailed to registrants prior to discussion.

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