Acclaimed nature writer Caroline Tracey's Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History is a dazzling love letter to a strange ecosystem and a moving odyssey into her own identity.

More than a hundred salt lakes dot Earth's surface, most of them hidden away in remote desert valleys. But today, nearly all of them are at risk of drying up. Their death is a harbinger of rising sea levels, life-threatening dust storms, and environmental collapse. In the book, Tracey travels across four continents to seek out and describe these extraordinary vanishing lakes and the people dedicated to saving them. 

An exquisite blend of travel writing, memoir, and reportage covering themes from water conservation to queer identity, Salt Lakes is an inspiring call to fight for all that is fragile in our lives.

Join us as Tracey shares selections from the book and then is joined on stage by Michelle Nijhuis, author of the award-winning book Beloved Beasts, for continued conversation about this project.

This event is free and open to all. No tickets required. Presented by the Spring Creek Project and OSU Center for the Humanities. Grass Roots Books will be on hand with copies of Caroline's book for sale.