CORE SAMPLES presentation at Twin Cities Book Festival with Anna Farro Henderson
October 19 @ 11:15 am
Anna Farro Henderson will read from and sign copies of her new book Core Samples: A Climate Scientist’s Experiments in Politics and Motherhood, at the 2024 Twin Cities Book Festival on Saturday, October 19 at 11:15 a.m. on the Showcase Stage.
This event is free and open to the public. Free public transportation passes available. Learn more about the Festival here.
Anna Farro Henderson embarks on a remarkable narrative journey in Core Samples, exploring how science is done, discussed, legislated, and imagined. Grounded in her experiences as a climate scientist, an environmental policy advisor, and a constant juggler of the many roles and responsibilities of professional moms, Henderson’s eclectic, unconventional essays illuminate the messy, contradictory humanity of our scientific and political institutions.
“A lively and accessible narrative about finding a balance between convictions and love.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Anna Farro Henderson’s Core Samples ought to be required reading for anyone interested in a career in the sciences. Honest and immersive, this book offers a behind-the-scenes look at how culture (and who crafts it) shapes everything from the sediment the narrator studies to the policies that define climate action today.” —Elizabeth Rush, author of The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
“With fierce intelligence and wild exuberance, Anna Farro Henderson throws herself headlong into the biggest challenges of our time: how to love fully, create abundantly, and stop the ruin of the precious ecosystems that sustain us. Let her gorgeous essays teach you how to bring to the table every self you’ve got (even the ones you haven’t dreamed up yet) and activate the vital energies we need to fight for the places we call home.” —Lia Purpura, author of All the Fierce Tethers
