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Emily Raboteau

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in Oakland, California, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Travel

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James Baldwin, W.G. Sebald, Joan Didion

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Emily Raboteau writes at the intersection of social and environmental justice, race, climate change, and parenthood. Her books are Lessons for Survival, Searching for Zion, winner of an American Book Award and finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the critically acclaimed novel, The Professor’s Daughter. Since the release of the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, she has focused on writing about the climate crisis. A contributing editor at Orion Magazine and a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books, Raboteau’s writing has recently appeared and been anthologized in the New Yorker, the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Nation, Best American Science Writing, Best American Travel Writing, and el ...more

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Average rating: 3.33 · 8,636 ratings · 1,072 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Tangled Woods (Dark Corners Collection, #5) 2.84 avg rating — 4,250 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lonely Stories by Natalie Eve Garrett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Megan Giddings, Claire Dederer 3.63 avg rating — 1,386 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 by Dave Eggers (Editor), Judy Blume (Goodreads Author), Rutu Modan (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 1,274 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un reino de olivos y ceniza: Escritores contra la ocupación de Palestina by Michael Chabon (Editor & Contributor), Ayelet Waldman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mario Vargas Llosa 4.30 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2017 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Short Stories 2003 by Walter Mosley (Editor), Katrina Kenison (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor), Mary Yukari Waters (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 627 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" 4.03 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora 3.89 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Professor's Daughter 3.74 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Olanda by Iperborea, George Blaustein, Federico Chiari 3.81 avg rating — 172 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McSweeney's Issue 49: Cover Stories (McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, #49) by Dave Eggers (Editor), Emily Raboteau (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Megan Mayhew Bergman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.78 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars