Ruby McConnell is here.
She’s @rubygonewild across the socials. She and I jam a bit on Twitter, so I’ll link up to that. Here.
Ruby’s got a new book out: Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of a Life (Overcup Press, 2020).
It’s a damn good book and I’ll take you to the woodshed if you think otherwise.
Sorry.
Feeling aggressive.
Ruby is also the author of A Woman’s Guide to the Wild.
We had a pretty rad conversation where we talk about how dance taught her the discipline it takes to be a writer and how geology is a, perhaps, the most writerly science. She’s a native Oregonian and a fellow Eugenian and, I don’t know, I had about as good a time as I’ve ever had on this show with Ruby.
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