Ruby McConnell

Writer, geologist, author of Wilderness and the American Spirit, Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of a Life, and A Woman's Guide to the Wild.

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NEWS! I am honored to find Ground Truth among the finalists for the Oregon Book Award in creative nonfiction! #books #WritingCommunity

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Announcing the Finalists for the 2021 Oregon Book Awards 🔖 35 titles across seven categories chosen by panels of out-of-state writers. Winners will be announced on a special episode of #LitArchiveProject on Sunday, May 2 at 7pm (Pacific) on @OPB Radio https://t.co/nnG7CJX2LJ

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A little bit of hope in numbers for the start of your week, via this month's essay over at Solid Ground. https://t.co/0ZHgQjj8Gt

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"You can’t express the euphoria of seeing the first arrivals of the spring migration, the geese and cranes that come in singles and isolated pairs. The sensation of laying on a bed of moss..." Read the whole essay at substack (link in comments)

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The Northwest Review literary magazine is back!
Northwest Review was first published by the University of Oregon in 1957. The inaugural included Ken Kesey’s first publication. Read and donate to support human-generated writing at its best here: https://t.co/Bo4mGLF4qH

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For the June 2026 edition of Solid Ground, I reexamine the relationship between dinosaurs and birds. It’s a mind-bending rearrangement of our worldview and an evolutionary masterclass in surviving scorched-earth events.
https://t.co/sF4wBvVyNa

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My forthcoming book, Buried: The Toxic Truth About Our Soil and Groundwater is available for preorder!

https://t.co/FJ3ENEjejT

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Cover reveal! This month Solid Ground (Substack) has the big new book news and a look back at the lessons learned from one of my most popular pieces, story of the Applegate Trail:https://t.co/MctDni7UBp

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On Arsenic and the Old West: A Sunday Dispatch from the High Desert https://t.co/oS9UnE60r1

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Celebrating ten years of writing the wild and getting people outside! Read about the long and winding road to the publication of an outdoor classic here: https://t.co/R4ZBPVYZot

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Ten years of A Woman's Guide to the Wild!

More than 30,000 copies sold. This book has a life of its own. It's been spotted in National Park bookstores, feminist conferences in Poland, on lounge chairs along Lake Michigan, in the Wall Street Journal and everywhere books are sold.

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New dispatch from the largest Dark Sky Sanctuary in the world: https://t.co/II1yEei0KK

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New from Solid Groud, a little bit of bravery to start your week: https://t.co/sOWDTUz3vF

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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

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New from my Substack, Solid Ground: Stories of Earth and Everyday Life. Read, subscribe, and share!

The Affluence of Time https://t.co/05h40S9cnG

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I am still an independent writer working at the edge of human experience and the environment in a troubled and consequential time. Your support matters and makes my work possible. On Love Canal and the birth of American environmental regulation. https://t.co/zUfA1YOdWl

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Fire has a long history in Oregon. This week in Solid Ground I look at how an old burn impacted a generation of Oregonians. Read, share, and subscribe to support independent environmental storytelling: https://t.co/GCZcyFyODY

#environment #wildfire #pnw

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These days, in the world of writing, audience is everything; you can help me by subscribing to my Substack- Solid Ground: Stories of Earth and Everyday Life.

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That's right! The blog is back and on Substack. This is the best possible time to become a patron of your favorite writers. Please consider subcribing. Thank you, friends, for reading all these years. On hope and irony, from where it all began:
https://t.co/GCZcyFyODY

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I’ll be at Powell’s Cedar Hills on May 29 at 7 p.m. in conversation with @BrendanOMeara about The Front Runner, Steve Prefontaine, and the stories that move us. Join us! #StevePrefontaine #AuthorEvent #RubyMcConnell

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Many thanks to @altajournal for supporting this piece! #truecrime #pnwlife #oregon

"Soon, violence crept up from the edges..."

Read more about how a charismatic cult leader and his flock took an Oregon county by storm: https://t.co/BHXgXgH3YC"