Trace: Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape

A Reading and Discussion by Lauret Savoy

Lauret Savoy, an author and professor of environmental studies and geology at Mount Holyoke College, joins the Suzy Newhouse Center and the Paulson Ecology of Place Initiative for a collaborative exploration of our land and our stories.

Her writing explores ties between American lands and the stories we tell of them. Her 2015 book Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape won the 2016 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation and the 2017 ASLE Creative Writing Award. It was also a finalist for a PEN American Book Award.