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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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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