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About Rebecca Solnit
American writer and activist
Rebecca Solnit is an American writer and activist. She writes about feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art. Her work ranges across essays and commentary on public life, with recurring attention to how people move through the world and how ideas shape it. She is also known for writing on land, landscape, and culture, bringing together personal observation and social critique.
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- “Silence is what allows people to suffer without recourse, what allows hypocrisies and lies to grow and flouri…”Rebecca Solnit
Explore Activism
- “Atheism is not synonymous with anti-theism and not all atheists are 'active.' There are many non-believers wh…”David G. McAfee
- “Our soul longs to be of service in some way. It's why we are here. If you weren't meant to touch the world in…”Eileen Anglin
- “Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.”Stockwell Day
Explore Abundance
- “What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.”Henry David Thoreau
- “There's an abundance of hope in Hollywood, as if it's fueled by the sun, and maybe it is.”Bonnie Hammer
- “Beauty itself is a painful convulsion in the heart, an abundance of vitality in the soul, and a mad chase und…”Naguib Mahfouz
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Books by Rebecca Solnit
Men Explain Things To Me
2014
Wanderlust
2000
Hope in the Dark
2004
The Mother of all Questions
2017
Whose Story Is This?
2019