A Paradise Built in Hell

Name: A Paradise Built in Hell
Author: Rebecca Solnit

by Rebecca Solnit

How communities create meaning, beauty, and hope during disasters and catastrophes

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Rebecca Solnit

American essayist and historian whose Men Explain Things to Me coined the term 'mansplaining.' A Field Guide to Getting Lost and Wanderlust: A History of Walking are lyrical explorations of movement, space, and uncertainty. She writes at the intersection of feminism, environmentalism, and place.

More by Rebecca Solnit

A Field Guide to Getting LostGetting lost as metaphor for freedom, discovery, and transformation through disorientation
WanderlustCultural history of walking and exploration revealing desire to know the world
Men Explain Things to MeEssays on mansplaining, sexism, and how women's visibility is diminished and erased
Hope in the DarkHope as activist practice offering possibility for change even amid darkness