Susan Zakin was born in New York City but headed west as soon as she could pack (and drive) her Honda Civic. She became one of the nation’s most respected writers on the environment....
Susan Zakin was born in New York City but headed west as soon as she could pack (and drive) her Honda Civic. She became one of the nation’s most respected writers on the environment. Her first book, Coyotes and Town Dogs: Earth First! and the Environmental Movement, is a rollicking history of American conservation, pitting the “wild men” and women of the West against their deal-making Washington, D.C. counterparts. In 2001, she worked in Madagascar as a Sen. John Heinz fellow under the auspices of the International Center for Journalists. Her next book,In Katrina’s Wake: Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster reflects the awareness she gained about the intimate connections between nature and culture on the world’s fourth-largest island. Zakin also edited the anthology Naked: Writers Uncover the Way We Live on Earth, and her articles and essays have appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, and literary journals. Her most recent book is Waiting for Charlie: Mercenary Soldiers, Failed States, and the Love That Means More Than Money. She is at work on a novel.
With her husband, a former professional soccer player from Kenya, she runs Cowgirls & Pirates (www.cowgirlsandpirates.com), the only U.S.-based travel company working exclusively with safari operators and communities protecting nature in Africa.
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Susan Zakin / TruthdigMay 25, 2014
"The abduction of the girls is, of course, an extremely grave crime," journalist Corinne Dufka says. "But to focus exclusively on the girls lacks an appreciation of the wide and systematic crimes committed by Boko Haram in recent years, and also by the Nigerian army since the state of emergency was declared almost a year ago.""To focus exclusively on the girls lacks an appreciation of the wide and systematic crimes committed" in recent years, journalist Corinne Dufka says. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Susan Zakin / TruthdigDec 20, 2013
Madagascar’s graceful society and unique natural wonders developed over thousands of years; it has taken less than a decade to put it all on life support. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )
Susan Zakin / TruthdigOct 23, 2013
Few Americans outside the Pentagon have been watching Mali, where a midsummer election marked the end of a painful year of civil war and incendiary Islamic radicalism. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Susan Zakin / TruthdigJul 10, 2013
With millennials up for grabs and Democratic front-runners getting older, boomer bashing is all the rage in politics. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Susan Zakin / TruthdigMay 21, 2013
It's likely Tamerlan Tsarnaev was just another angry young man in our brave new America, a burgeoning dystopia where mass murder suddenly seems like a weekly occurrence. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )
Susan Zakin / TruthdigJan 12, 2013
When "Zero Dark Thirty" opens nationally Friday, many moviegoers will already have made up their minds. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Susan Zakin / TruthdigDec 25, 2012
During the December holidays I feel the urge to watch old black and white movies, preferably those starring Jimmy Stewart. This year, "It's a Wonderful Life" is too painful, a reminder of what we used to be but aren't anymore. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Susan Zakin / TruthdigDec 8, 2012
Some people think the book business in on its last legs. But others think it isn't a business at all. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Susan Zakin / TruthdigMay 17, 2012
Are the emirs of the Sahara criminals or revolutionaries? A little bit of both, probably. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Susan Zakin / TruthdigMay 16, 2012
Everything that rises must converge, and in 2012, an uprising at the ancient crossroads of Timbuktu kicked up a decades-in-the-making sandstorm of global capitalism, US counterterrorism, cocaine smuggling and the long-denied rights of the most romantic nomads on earthAn uprising at the ancient crossroads of Timbuktu has kicked up a decades-in-the-making sandstorm of global capitalism, U counterterrorism, and the long-denied rights of the most romantic nomads on earth. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Susan Zakin / TruthdigSep 28, 2011
A flight attendant’s voice had come over the loudspeaker, asking my husband and another guy with a common Muslim name to get off the Delta flight scheduled to depart from JFK It is the 10th anniversary of 9/11A voice had come over the loudspeaker asking my husband to get off the Delta flight scheduled to depart from JFK. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
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