Ferris Jabr
@ferrisjabr
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Author of Becoming Earth @RandomHouse 10+ translations ✵ Contributing Writer @NYTmag ✵ Gardener, baker, naturalist ✵ 🇱🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈 ✵ Surname rhymes w/ neighbor
Portland, OR
Joined June 2009
For 6+ years, I've been writing a book about a major shift in how we understand Earth: not simply as a planet on which life evolved, but as a planet that *came to life*. Thrilled to share that my book will be out in June from @randomhouse. More + preorder:
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My conversation with book editor extraordinaire Hilary Redmon is now available to watch here. Hilary has edited Ed Yong, Merlin Sheldrake, Kathryn Schulz, Tara Westover, Jenny Odell & more!
journalism.nyu.edu
A conversation on writer/editor collaboration.
Nov 14th at NYU: Join me and my editor extraordinaire @hilaryredmon, Editorial Director of Nonfiction @randomhouse, for a conversation about my book Becoming Earth, the bookmaking journey, and editor-writer collaboration. Info + registration link:
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Vice President and Editorial Director of Nonfiction at Random House, Hilary is the brilliant editorial mind behind books by Ed Yong, Merlin Sheldrake, Kathryn Schulz, Tara Westover, Jenny Odell & more!. Event is free and open to the public w/ registration + food/drinks available.
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Nov 14th at NYU: Join me and my editor extraordinaire @hilaryredmon, Editorial Director of Nonfiction @randomhouse, for a conversation about my book Becoming Earth, the bookmaking journey, and editor-writer collaboration. Info + registration link:
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A reminder that I am on essentially all popular social media platforms — Blue Sky, Mastodon, Instagram, Threads etc — under the same username: ferrisjabr.And I'm doing my best to post across them simultaneously 🔵🐘📸🧵. Links here:
ferrisjabr.com
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RT @darknlightzine: On the latest episode of The Subverse, host @susieqllap is in conversation with @ferrisjabr the author of 'Becoming Ea….
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RT @literaryarts: Today is the day! We're so excited for #PDXBookFest! 📚 Passes are $25. Kids under 17, vets, & active military attend free….
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I've been attending the @literaryarts Portland Book Festival nearly every year since I moved here close to 10 years ago. Thrilled to be one of the featured authors this year! Sat Nov 2, come hear me and @Amy_Stewart discuss our wondrous green planet, moderated by @ZoeSCarpenter
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Becoming Earth is a Barnes & Noble @bnbooks pick for one of the Best Books of 2024 in the "Smart Thinking" category 🥳🧠🌍. Honored to be in some truly excellent company, including @zoeschlanger @SyTheAuthor @nicolatwilley @ayanaeliza & Robin Wall Kimmerer
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RT @ferrisjabr: Autumnal reminder: The majority of canned pumpkin sold in American supermarkets is not the familiar round orange carving pu….
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RT @ferrisjabr: Cucurbita pepo is one of the oldest domesticated species. Over millennia, it has proved itself astoundingly versatile. Jus….
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RT @ferrisjabr: Some scientists have proposed that the wild ancestors of pumpkins coevolved with mammoths, mastodons, & other megafauna, wh….
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ScienceWriters2024 Attendees:. Join @rboyle31 @zoeschlanger @9brandon and me tomorrow Oct 17th 4PM ET for a Zoom webinar about the bookmaking journey, from proposal to publicity. Truly thrilled to be in the company of such immense talent! #SciWri24
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Tonight at 6PM I'll be giving an expanded book talk with slides at the Ledding Library in Milwaukie, OR as part of their fantastic Fall Author Series. Hope to see you there!.
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Becoming Earth has made @PublishersWkly 2024 Holiday Gift Guide and @Nature’s best science picks
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Thank you so much to everyone who showed up last night — it was a great crowd! And thank you again to @calacademy @DrScottSampson @ronnakelly for hosting in such a beautiful and special space
New book event! On the evening of Oct 10th I’ll be at the amazing @calacademy to give a presentation about my debut book Becoming Earth, followed by a conversation w/ Exec Director and paleontologist @DrScottSampson + sales/signing. Tickets & More info:
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Tonight in San Francisco at the @calacademy ! See you there!.
Join us 10/10 at NightLife: How the Earth Came Alive! Featuring our Executive Director @DrScottSampson in conversation with @ferrisjabr, author of Becoming Earth — a work that seeks to challenge how we understand Earth & how life transformed it. Tix here:
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Last night I gave my first talk in a planetarium! Could not have asked for a better setting for a presentation about our living planet. Thank you so much to @SMUD_MOSAC for hosting this special event!
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New review of Becoming Earth in @3QD:. ". a real feast for readers of books about life on Earth and for those who appreciate literary work: Jabr is not only knowledgeable, but a master of lyrical prose also." 🙏🌍📚.
3quarksdaily.com
by Adele A.Wilby
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If I were not out of town for my own book event, I would 💯% be attending Ben's talk at the Multnomah Arts Center. Ben is a font of fascinating facts, hilarious anecdotes, and important ecological insights. Details below 👇.
Portland! Come talk #roadecology and wildlife crossings with me and @ORWildlife this Thursday night. When: October 10 at 7 pm .Where: Multnomah Arts Center.Will there be discussion of northern red-legged frog shuttles?: Yes. Hope to catch y'all then! .
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For my partner Ryan’s birthday I made a banana nut cake layered with banana pudding, caramel, and whipped cream (he loves banana desserts)
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