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The Woman Who Loves Writing (and Whales)

10/22/2013

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"The Woman Who Loves Orcas" is a lovely profile of Eva Saulitis--nonfiction mentor, whale biologist and poet/essayist/memoirist. The feature article appeared in OnEarth's Spring 2013 issue.

Writer Ted Genoways explains Eva's research on a particularly unique pod of 22 killer whales known as the AT1s whose members have declined to seven since the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. 

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All of which has pressed a hard reality upon Saulitis. "They are leaving the earth under my watch," she writes in her book. "There will, perhaps in my lifetime, be a last one." There’s no denying this or fixing it. The time for cleaning up Prince William Sound has passed. Saulitis is simply documenting the decline, gathering as much information as she can before the inevitable arrives.
Genoways also describes how Eva began writing about the whales during her treatment for breast cancer in 2010--writing that inspired her new memoir, Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss Among Vanishing Orcas, now available in paperback. We've always known Eva is a remarkable person--we're just glad other people recognize it, too.
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