Kelly Ramsey
Co-sponsored by the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library.
When Kelly Ramsey climbed a mountain pass to join an elite wildland firefighting crew in Northern California, she was unprepared for the rigors of the work and for the terror and beauty of wildfire’s destruction--which mirrored the chaotic forces in her past. As Kelly labored through two of the worst wildfire seasons in history, she learned powerful lessons about nature’s ability to heal and regenerate from even the worst disaster.
Join the author of Wildfire Days as she discusses her years working for the U.S. Forest Service, the factors of climate, policy, and land use that drive catastrophic wildfire, and how we can—literally—save a burning world, and heal our own lives in the process.
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KELLY RAMSEY was born in Frankfort, Kentucky. She studied poetry writing at the University of Virginia and earned an MFA in fiction from the University of Pittsburgh. She later moved to Northern California, where she worked for the U.S. Forest Service as a trail maintenance worker, wilderness ranger, and wildland firefighter on a hotshot crew. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Sierra, Electric Literature, and the anthology Letter to a Stranger. She lives in Bishop, California, with her partner, their daughter, and their dog, a lab mix who won’t swim named Rookie.
Learn more about Kelly Ramsey at kellylynnramsey.com.
