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Salt Lakes is a perceptive, poetic ode to one of our planet's most vital, and most overlooked, ecosystems. Caroline Tracey plumbs law, science, and literature in a debut as gorgeous and vibrant as the lakes she loves.--Ben Goldfarb, author of Crossings Salt Lakes is not just a book of nature writing, not just a memoir, but like the salt lakes themselves, something much more wondrous and precious. Caroline Tracey leads readers through her growing understanding of herself and the strange beauty of the ecosystems around her, and along the way reminds us of the abundance and possibilities inherent in queer lives and landscapes.--Alejandra Oliva, author of Rivermouth In Salt Lakes, Caroline Tracey shows us the beauty, vitality, and necessity of landscapes both strange and familiar. This is nature writing as it should be.--Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts

""Salt Lakes is a perceptive, poetic ode to one of our planet’s most vital, and most overlooked, ecosystems. Caroline Tracey plumbs law, science, and literature in a debut as gorgeous and vibrant as the lakes she loves."" -- Ben Goldfarb, author of Crossings ""Salt Lakes is not just a book of nature writing, not just a memoir, but like the salt lakes themselves, something much more wondrous and precious. Caroline Tracey leads readers through her growing understanding of herself and the strange beauty of the ecosystems around her, and along the way reminds us of the abundance and possibilities inherent in queer lives and landscapes."" -- Alejandra Oliva, author of Rivermouth ""In Salt Lakes, Caroline Tracey shows us the beauty, vitality, and necessity of landscapes both strange and familiar. This is nature writing as it should be."" -- Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts

""Precise, lyrical, and at once deeply personal and epic, Salt Lakes brims with brine shrimp and birds and charismatic bacteria—and an unexpected sense of life pushing through against the odds. I was gripped from the first page to the last."" -- Bathsheba Demuth author of Floating Coast ""Salt Lakes is a perceptive, poetic ode to one of our planet’s most vital, and most overlooked, ecosystems. Caroline Tracey plumbs law, science, and literature in a debut as gorgeous and vibrant as the lakes she loves."" -- Ben Goldfarb, author of Crossings ""Salt Lakes offers a stunning illumination of a peculiar landscape, from a writer fueled by devotion, curiosity, and rapture. By studying the of imperilment and possibility of salt lakes around the world, Caroline Tracey deftly demonstrates the human impact on fragile ecosystems, and what these ecosystems can reveal to us about ourselves. This book made me feel a deeper kinship with the world."" -- Lauren Markham, author of A Map of Future Ruins ""Salt Lakes is not just a book of nature writing, not just a memoir, but like the salt lakes themselves, something much more wondrous and precious. Caroline Tracey leads readers through her growing understanding of herself and the strange beauty of the ecosystems around her, and along the way reminds us of the abundance and possibilities inherent in queer lives and landscapes."" -- Alejandra Oliva, author of Rivermouth ""In Salt Lakes, Caroline Tracey shows us the beauty, vitality, and necessity of landscapes both strange and familiar. This is nature writing as it should be."" -- Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts ""Strange, overlooked, and unloved places find a voice in Salt Lakes, a brave and open-hearted book. Caroline Tracey shows the world's salt lakes as real places worthy of protection, but also as mirrors reflecting human history, identity, and desire."" -- Melissa L. Sevigny, author of Brave the Wild River

Precise, lyrical, and at once deeply personal and epic, Salt Lakes brims with brine shrimp and birds and charismatic bacteria--and an unexpected sense of life pushing through against the odds. I was gripped from the first page to the last.--Bathsheba Demuth author of Floating Coast Strange, overlooked, and unloved places find a voice in Salt Lakes, a brave and open-hearted book. Caroline Tracey shows the world's salt lakes as real places worthy of protection, but also as mirrors reflecting human history, identity, and desire.--Melissa L. Sevigny, author of Brave the Wild River Salt Lakes offers a stunning illumination of a peculiar landscape, from a writer fueled by devotion, curiosity, and rapture. By studying the of imperilment and possibility of salt lakes around the world, Caroline Tracey deftly demonstrates the human impact on fragile ecosystems, and what these ecosystems can reveal to us about ourselves. This book made me feel a deeper kinship with the world.--Lauren Markham, author of A Map of Future Ruins Salt Lakes is a perceptive, poetic ode to one of our planet's most vital, and most overlooked, ecosystems. Caroline Tracey plumbs law, science, and literature in a debut as gorgeous and vibrant as the lakes she loves.--Ben Goldfarb, author of Crossings Salt Lakes is not just a book of nature writing, not just a memoir, but like the salt lakes themselves, something much more wondrous and precious. Caroline Tracey leads readers through her growing understanding of herself and the strange beauty of the ecosystems around her, and along the way reminds us of the abundance and possibilities inherent in queer lives and landscapes.--Alejandra Oliva, author of Rivermouth In Salt Lakes, Caroline Tracey shows us the beauty, vitality, and necessity of landscapes both strange and familiar. This is nature writing as it should be.--Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts

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Caroline Tracey holds a PhD in geography from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work in English and in Spanish has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Review of Books, and elsewhere. Originally from Colorado, she lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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