Podcast appearances and mentions of jennifer dubois

Jennifer DuBois, author of "Cartwheel," talks about how people can reach different conclusions about an event with the same set of facts, and the similarities her novel has to the real life case of Amanda Knox.  The full interview from a 2013 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts.  Photo: jennifer-dubois.com.

Building The World's Largest Animal Crossing Outside of LA There's a spot on Highway 101 in Agoura Hills, it's pretty inconspicuous. There's brown and green rolling hills on either side of the highway. Homes are sprinkled here and there. And then a small metal gate that leads off on a hiking trail. You probably wouldn't know it, but soon this spot will be the location of the world's largest animal crossing. This crossing will reconnect habitats that have been cut off from each other for three quarters of a century and it'll do it over a highway that is constantly buzzing with cars — 300,000 pass by this spot every single day. In this piece we're going on a geography voyage — from the north side of the highway to the south, and up the hills, above the highway, to get the real view. We'll start here — there's a big open space on the northern side of the highway. It's at the entrance to Liberty Canyon and where I meet Beth Pratt. “You have oak trees, a little creek area here. And we're listening to, actually, an Anna's hummingbird giving a little song for us that is actually resonating even over that, that noise of traffic,” Pratt said. She is the California Regional Director for the National Wildlife Federation. “For me what's kind of remarkable, but also sad. It's the last sixteen hundred feet of protected space on both sides of the freeway,” said Pratt. Read the rest on sciencefriday.com.   Life Has Found A Way On The Great Pacific Garbage Patch The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a huge collection of trash floating in the North Pacific Ocean. It's made up mostly of plastic—things like water bottles, shoes, and fishing gear, but also a large amount of microplastics, tiny bits of broken-down plastic that can be invisible to the naked eye. A giant, swirling patch of trash seems bad. But recent research has revealed a complicating factor: Marine life has colonized the garbage patch, making the floating plastic their new homes. As the classic Jurassic Park quote goes, “Life finds a way.” Joining Ira to talk about life on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Linsey Haram, AAAS fellow at the U.S. Department of Agriculture based in Alexandria, Virginia. Her research on the Garbage Patch was done for the Smithsonian.   Enzymes Are Taking On Our Plastic Problem Flip over a plastic water bottle, or a takeout container, and it's very likely you'll find the number “1” stamped on the bottom. This is the sign of the problematic plastic PET, which is a large source for plastic pollution. It's estimated that only a third or less of this type of plastic is recycled into something new. Scientists are getting creative in trying to outsmart plastics that don't want to be recycled. Some are looking into enzymes that can break down plastic into its more basic molecular building blocks. The idea is that these smaller molecules are easier to turn into new things, making upcycling an easier task. Joining Ira to talk about the frontier of enzymes as recycling powerhouses is Jennifer DuBois, professor of chemistry at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.   Indigenous Knowledge Is Central To Climate Solutions As the United States observes Earth Day this year, many will be thinking about their personal relationship with—and responsibility to—the planet. But in an era of multiple planetary crises, including extinctions, global warming, and contaminated water, what about the Indigenous peoples whose millennia-old relationship with their land has been disrupted and sometimes severed by colonialism and other displacements? Indigenous environmental scientist and author Jessica Hernandez talks to Ira about the harms the Western science has perpetuated against colonized people, as white environmentalists created national parks on Indigenous lands and “helicopter scientists” continue to do research in the global south while using the wealth of Western institutions. And she explains why greater recognition of Indigenous science, and partnerships that center Indigenous peoples and their research questions, is good for the entire planet.   Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.    

Award-winning novelist Jennifer duBois, assistant professor in the Department of English at Texas State University, joins the Big Ideas TXST podcast to discuss her career, creative process and joys of teaching in the MFA program in creative writing at Texas State. duBois has written three acclaimed novels. Her debut, A Partial History of Lost Causes, was the winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction, the Northern California Book Award for Fiction, a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction. Her second book, Cartwheel, was the winner of the Housatonic Book Award fiction and was a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award. Her most recent novel, The Spectators, earned recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. duBois' writing has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, Lapham's Quarterly, American Short Fiction and The Wall Street Journal. Further reading: Novel by Texas State Professor Jennifer duBois Reviewed in the New York Times Texas State English professor named NEA Creative Writing Fellow Texas State lecturer receives prestigious Whiting Writers Award Jennifer duBois website

During this episode you will meet Jennifer Dubois, owner of Miyosiwin Salon Spa. 》 Discussion: Miyosiwin Salon Spa re-opening protocols that have been implemented, as of May 19th as part of the Re-Opening Saskatchewan, phase 2 plan - to safely welcome back clients into the salon space.  》 Follow Miyosiwin Salon Spa: Instagram: @miyosiwin_salonspa Facebook: Facebook.com/MiyosiwinSalon/

First Draft interview with Jennifer DuBois

Jennifer DuBois is the author of A Partial History of Lost Causes, Cartwheel, and The Spectators. The National Book Foundation named her one of its 5 Under 35 authors. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Lapham's Quarterly, American Short Fiction, The Missouri Review, The Kenyon Review, Salon, Cosmopolitan, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere. A native of western Massachusetts, duBois teaches in the MFA program at Texas State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I met up with Jennifer duBois at the Central Library in Austin, Texas last week. We had a wonderful conversation. Mostly, we talked about her novel "The Spectators" (Penguin Random House 2019), though we also talk briefly about her other two books, "A Partial History of Lost Causes" and "Cartwheel." An alumna of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Stanford University's Stegner Fellowship program, duBois is the recipient of a Whiting Award and a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing grant. She teaches in the MFA program at Texas State University. It was fun meeting Jennifer, and I can't wait to read her next book so that I can talk with her again.  

A little fire and smoke can't slow down Jennifer Dubois. She runs Miyowasiwin Salon Spa in Regina. She sits down with Matt to tell the story of her salon, the fire next door, and what's coming next for her business. We also taste some specialty sodas that you need to try yourself! Additional Links: Salon: miyosiwin.ca Dessart Sweets: www.dessartsweets.com Cheerwine: cheerwine.com Hippo Sized Rootbeer: sodapopstop.com/shop/root-beer/hippo-size-beverages-jumbo-root-beer

Nicole and Gayle make a bunch of promises they probably won't keep when they share their 2017 Summer Reading Lists. But our ambitiousness is your gain, as we list a ton of promising books that we want to get to over the summer. Books mentioned: http://amzn.to/2tYP2lz (The Marriage Pact), Michelle Richmond http://amzn.to/2u8k4HS (Unraveling Oliver), Liz Nugent http://amzn.to/2tYFwyD (The Immortalists), Chloe Benjamin http://amzn.to/2tYPdNL (Something Rich And Strange), Ron Rash http://amzn.to/2tYyudf (The Picture Of Dorian Gray), Oscar Wilde http://amzn.to/2u8xGDh (The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde), Robert Louis Stevenson http://amzn.to/2ty3FLy (The Miniaturist), Jessie Burton http://amzn.to/2u8mPJc (The Wife Between Us), Sarah Pekkanen http://amzn.to/2u2XeAB (An American Marriage), Tayari Jones http://amzn.to/2tYGvyP (Mrs. Fletcher), Tom Perrotta http://amzn.to/2u8yeZR (Our Little Racket), Angelica Baker http://amzn.to/2tFMx4U (The Leavers), Lisa Ko http://amzn.to/2v3sf4X (Al Franken, Giant Of The Senate), Al Franken http://amzn.to/2tG34Wt (The Versions Of Us), Laura Barnett http://amzn.to/2u03J7O (Real American), Julie Lythcott-Haims http://amzn.to/2tZXIba (1984), George Orwell http://amzn.to/2u0hnb7 (Jane Eyre), Charlotte Bronte http://amzn.to/2v3sk8D (Young Jane Young), Gabrielle Zevin http://amzn.to/2tFJ7zc (Cartwheel), Jennifer DuBois http://amzn.to/2u9XVsY (Ginny Moon), Benjamin Ludwig http://amzn.to/2tZMPq0 (The Last Hack), Christopher Brookmyre http://amzn.to/2v3mCUi (Standard Deviation), Katherine Heiny

Jennifer duBois is the recipient of a 2013 Whiting Writer's Award and a 2012 National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 award. Her debut novel, A Partial History of Lost Causes, was the winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction and the Northern California Book Award for Fiction, and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Prize for Debut Fiction. Her second novel, Cartwheel, was the winner of the Housatonic Book Award for fiction and was a finalist for a New York Public Library Young Lions Award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us this Wednesday as we speak with novelist Jennifer duBois

Jennifer duBois is the guest. Her new novel, Cartwheel, is now available from Random House. The New York Times Book Review calls it “Psychologically astute . . . Dubois hits [the] larger sadness just right and dispenses with all the salacious details you can readily find elsewhere. . . . The writing in Cartwheel is a pleasure—electric, fine-tuned, intelligent, conflicted. The novel is engrossing, and its portraiture hits delightfully and necessarily close to home.” And Entertainment Weekly calls it “[A] gripping, gorgeously written novel . . . The emotional intelligence in Cartwheel is so sharp it’s almost ruthless—a tabloid tragedy elevated to high art." Monologue topics:  file sharing, Halloween, last minute costume ideas, Windblown Man.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices