Note there will not be a signing after the event, she arrived early to sign each and every one of your books. [applause] a little bit about her shes the author of 20 books including a field guide to getting lost, the faraway nearby, of paradise built in hell, rivers, shadows, and wanderlust. A history of walking shes also the author of extreme things to me on feminism, activism, the current climate crisis. A product of the California Public Education System from kindergarten to graduate school. She is a regular contributor to the guardian. Leslie jamison is the author of the New York Times magazine she is a contributor writer for New York Times magazine and her work has appeared in publications including the atlantic, harpers, the near times book review, the oxford american, and the virginia quarterly review. She directs the graduate Nonfiction Program at columbia universityd. Please help me welcome Rebecca Solnit and leslie jamison. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [applause] [cheerin