University of Connecticut
Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series on Nature and the Environment
Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 4:00pm (EST)
John Vaillant
Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-nominated author of
Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World
"Fire and Oil: Coming to Terms with a More Flammable World"
Please join us for an in-person Teale lecture, on Thursday, October 10 at 4:00pm in the Konover Auditorium in the Dodd Center for Human Rights on the UConn Storrs campus.
John Vaillant is an author and freelance writer based in Vancouver, BC whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and The Guardian, among others. His journalism, fiction, and non-fiction explore collisions between human ambition and the natural world. His latest book is the 2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in General Nonfiction, Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World (Knopf, 2023), a stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind.
One of his earlier books, The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (Knopf, 2010), won the B.C. Achievement Award for Non-Fiction and was lauded as a “masterpiece” by Outside Magazine: “What elevates The Tiger from adventure yarn to nonfiction classic is Vaillant’s mastery of language.”
Although the talk will be in-person, it is also available to watch (live) on Kaltura. The live stream link is on the Teale Series web page: https://cese.uconn.edu/the-edwin-way-teale-lecture-series/
This event is free and open to the public. If you need accommodation to access or participate, please contact CSMNHinfo@uconn.edu
For more information, contact: Dr. Erin Kuprewicz at csmnhinfo@uconn.edu