UPDATE: Jerilynn Emily Jackson tweets today:
M Jackson @ msmlejackson
''I'm moving today to Iceland for the next year on a U.S. Fulbright-National Science Foundation Arctic…'' https://instagram.com/p/5kVdJ3tXDq/
''While Glaciers Slept: Being Human in a Time of Climae Change'' (the informal and unofficial literary backstory of a powerful nonfiction memoir about climate and family) [First printing was 1000 copies and it now in its second printing. BRAVO!]
''The book weaves together the parallel stories of what happens when the climates of a family and a planet change. [Jerilynn Emily Jackson, writing under the pen name of] M. Jackson, reveals how these events are deeply similar and intertwined. She tells the story of her parents struggles with cancer while describing in detail the planetary changes she witnessed in Africa, Alaska, and in Lower 48. Above all else, Jackson shows that even in the darkest of times there is clear reason for hope and light.'' -- Goodreads review
''Jackson weaves an existential tapestry of doom and gloom that is equal parts magic IQ and elevated EQ and ends with a paean to hope and optimism. It's not an easy book. It will take you places you don't want to go. But later you will be glad you went.''
-- ''The Cli-Fi Report''
FULL NAME: JERILYNN EMILY JACKSON
Congratulations to Emma Jackson, M.S. degree in 2011, at the University of Montana, on her publication of ''While Glaciers Slept,'' a book she wrote for her EVST Thesis, that will be published by Green Writers Press in Vermont. It’s about climate change, life, death, loss, grief and hope. Check it out on Amazon
Emily is currently is working on a doctorate in geography at the University of Oregon, where she is studying glaciers, climate change, and the Arctic. She also works for National Geographic, where you can read her bio. -- From the University of Montana website of the EVST program
[Environmental Studies Program]
HOW THE BOOK CAME TO BE A BOOK: A savvy publisher heard that Emily Jackson had some offers on the table from several NYC publishing houses to publish what was her 2011 masters thesis, but apparently they wanted her to change a lot of things in her material. The publisher who got the book loved the mix of memoir and Earth sciences (siilar to Janisse Ray, ''Ecology of a Cracker Childhood'') and didn't want to change a thing. The result is the two women signed the contract, publisher and author, and an important climate-themed book was born.
http://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1183
© Copyright 2011 JERILYNN EMILY JACKSON
Emily is currently is working on a doctorate in geography at the University of Oregon, where she is studying glaciers, climate change, and the Arctic. She also works for National Geographic, where you can read her bio. -- From the University of Montana website of the EVST program
[Environmental Studies Program]
HOW THE BOOK CAME TO BE A BOOK: A savvy publisher heard that Emily Jackson had some offers on the table from several NYC publishing houses to publish what was her 2011 masters thesis, but apparently they wanted her to change a lot of things in her material. The publisher who got the book loved the mix of memoir and Earth sciences (siilar to Janisse Ray, ''Ecology of a Cracker Childhood'') and didn't want to change a thing. The result is the two women signed the contract, publisher and author, and an important climate-themed book was born.
Year of Masters Thesis Award
2011Defense Date
May 2011Document Type
Thesis - Campus Access OnlyDegree Name
Master of Science (MS)School or Department
Environmental StudiesCommittee Chair
PHIL CONDONKeywords
CLIMATE CHANGE, GLACIERSPublisher
University of MontanaAbstract
''WHILE GLACIERS SLEPT'' considers what it means to be human in this time of climate change.Recommended Citation
JACKSON, JERILYNN EMILY, "WHILE GLACIERS SLEPT" (2011). Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers. Paper 1183.http://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1183
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© Copyright 2011 JERILYNN EMILY JACKSON
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