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.