I found a timeline of my Interlibrary Loan requests from @ncsulibraries.bsky.social back when I was a professor at @ncstate.bsky.social.

There are inklings of my book as far back as 2010 before the dam broke in 2016-2017.
#Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice #EnvHist #OnTheSwamp @uncpress.bsky.social

Graphic showing the cover of Ryan's book with a superimposed list of destinations where he traveled to talk about the book and other research in 2024 and 2025. The list reads: Andover, NH Asheville, NC Atlanta, GA Bellingham, WA Chapel Hill, NC Charlotte, NC Clinton, NC Durham, NC Flagstaff, AZ Greensboro, NC Hillsborough, NC Pembroke, NC Pine Knoll Shores, NC Raleigh, NC Research Triangle Park, NC Salisbury, NC Southern Pines, NC Storrs, CT Vancouver, BC Washington, DC Waterloo, ON Winston-Salem, NC & Online #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice #Lumbee

#OnTheSwamp has been out for ~20 months, and I've traveled quite a bit sharing stories from the book & connections to other research topics. The travel was exciting, a mix of familiar & new. But glad to have a break until spring 2026. 74 total events since last spring, 56 of them in-person.

Ryan’s book, On the Swamp, displayed on a wooden shelf next to Theory of Water and Manoomin. Background shows inside of Birchbark Books with a coffee mug and other merchandise in the background.

Outside View of Birchbark Books storefront. Blue door and awning visible along with chalkboard on sidewalk reading “Our door is open.”

Saw #OnTheSwamp today on displayat Birchbark Books in Minneapolis. I signed their copy and also got to sign their wall of authors!
#Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice #Lumbee

Flyer for UNC Asheville environmental literature event on October 30.

Excited to be part of this event with Kirsten Squint next month, hosted by Erica Abrams Locklear as part of UNC Asheville’s Rising Waters series. Come join us! Registration link: www.unca.edu/events-and-n... #OnTheSwamp #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

Teale Lecture: Dr. Ryan Emanuel (Duke University) “On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice” - Dr. Ryan Emanuel (Duke University)

En route to Hartford for @uconn.bsky.social’s Teale Lecture series where I’ll share stories & lessons from ON THE SWAMP. Excited to reconnect w/ colleagues and meet new folks!

events.uconn.edu/institute-of... #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice #OnTheSwamp

On the Swamp Despite centuries of colonialism, Indigenous peoples still occupy parts of their ancestral homelands in what is now Eastern North Carolina—a patchwork quil...

It’s back to school time - what are you reading? For the next 2 days, On the Swamp and other titles are 50% off at the publisher’s new website. Use discount code 01NEWSITE50.

uncpress.org/978146967832... #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice #OnTheSwamp @uncpress.bsky.social

Thanks to @massybooks.bsky.social for hosting a great book talk and signing thing evening in #Vancouver! Largest Indigenous book selection of any bookshop I’ve visited. It was cool seeing #OnTheSwamp shelved in the “Indigenous Politics” subsection—and right next to Nick Estes (whose book I teach).

Please check out my book talk next Tuesday at Massy Books in Vancouver, BC! #OnTheSwamp #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

On the Swamp: Talk with Ryan Emanuel on Indigenous Environmental Justice Join Massy Books, University of North Carolina Press, and Ryan Emanuel for a talk on Indigenous Environmental Justice on Aug. 19th at Massy!

I will be in Vancouver next month for a book talk and signing! 7-8:30PM on Tuesday, August 19 at Massy Books (@massybooks.bsky.social). Please stop by! Details 👇🏽
www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-swa... #OnTheSwamp #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

Morning traffic report in RobCo - my Lester Fallsapart impression. #EasternNC #OnTheSwamp

Close-up photo of a person dressed up as the Piggly Wiggly mascot - a human-sized, anthropomorphic pig wearing a blue striped shirt and an old-school butcher's hat and apron. The pig is facing the camera and waving with both hands. The background shows a partially-furled American flag and a hazy, light-blue sky.

Photo of a green and yellow horse-drawn wagon being drawn by an old-timey car (Ford Model A) in a parade. The car is cream and orange colored. Background shows green trees and a lamppost with a UNC Pembroke banner.

Photo of the 2025 Lumbee homecoming parade taken from the middle of Third Street in Pembroke, North Carolina. A line of trucks towing parade floats extends down the street into the distance. At least 13 American flags are visible. Spectators and canopies line the street and background.

Photo showing the front half of a retired fire engine driving in the 2025 Lumbee Homecoming parade. The fire engine is blue with white and red trim. The driver's side door reads "Pembroke Rural Fire Dept." Background shows trees, spectators, and a shade canopy.

A few of my photos from Saturday's Lumbee homecoming parade in Pembroke, North Carolina. The high temperature barely exceeded 90 degrees F (32.5 deg C)—cooler than average for recent years but warmer than average since homecoming began in 1968. #EasternNC #OnTheSwamp #ClimateChange

I am not at #NAISA2025 this year, but my book and publisher are there!
#OnTheSwamp
#Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

Last month I visited American Scientist / Sigma Xi for a lunchtime presentation about my book. More info and link to recording below!
#OnTheSwamp #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

2 Pacific Northwest book talks bookend summer for #OnTheSwamp:

May 22, Lummi Nation - Northwest Indian College Library w/ @villagebookswa.bsky.social during the Vine Deloria Symposium.

Aug 19, Vancouver, BC - @massybooks.bsky.social during the International Cartographic Conference.

#Indigenous

Amid the chaos, people still do amazing work. Watch a segment on the Great Coharie River Initiative & Coharie Tribe airing soon on State of Change (PBS North Carolina). Beloved river, powerful story, beautiful production. Pairs well with Ch. 7 of my book, #OnTheSwamp
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzwZ...

Calendar of Events — Ryan E. Emanuel, Ph.D. Public speaking engagements, book talks, and other events.

Updates to my calendar of speaking engagements on my work at the nexus of water & Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice.

Next up: book talk at Emory University on March 31 & plenary address at the International Association of Landscape Ecology on April 16!
www.ryanemanuel.com/event-calendar #OnTheSwamp

I’m almost done with Wastelands so #OnTheSwamp will be next! #water

Screenshot of page from Ryan's book, On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice, which reads: Meanwhile, hemlocks kept their footings in the deep, shady wrinkles of lower mountain slopes— coves shaped by intimate creeks and gorges carved by thundering rivers. Even east of the mountains, hemlocks survived on steep, north- facing slopes. In all of these places, microclimates continued to mimic conditions experienced in the region during the ice age. These isolated pockets are the last vestiges of a forest that once covered much of the Southeast. They are refugia.

Screenshot of page from Ryan's book, On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice, which reads: Paleoecology teaches that refugia are not only physical places, but they also represent bottlenecks along a timeline. Large populations of trees, insects, birds, and more shrink down to tiny remnants during times of adversity, but when glaciers retreat and weather warms, populations rebound. If conditions permit, populations spring from their refugia into their former ranges or, perhaps, into new places with favorable soils and climate. Sometimes I imagine that Lumbee ancestors who sought refuge in the remotest parts of their lands were biding their time, waiting to spring forth into a radically transformed world.

Re-read a section of my book about refugia - those isolated pockets where individual species or whole ecosystems survive while the world changes around them. I put a couple of excerpts below.
#OnTheSwamp #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

The narrative weaves the history of the Coastal Plain in North Carolina with incisive critiques of political and economic policy impacting the region and the people who live there."
#OnTheSwamp

"an engaging, informative, and deeply personal book that offers significant insights regarding the intersectionality of environmental justice, Indigenous rights, the brutal legacy of colonialism and racism in the United States, and the importance of place."
#OnTheSwamp

View of Ryan Emanuel, On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice

New #OpenAccess review of my book in the Journal for the Study of Religion Nature & Culture! I really appreciate seeing how various disciplines interpret this work. Thank you, DT Berry!
journal.equinoxpub.com/JSRNC/articl...
#OnTheSwamp
#Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

Meet our 2025 Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award finalists The Southern Environmental Law Center is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2025 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award. Presented each year, the Reed Award celebrates writers who achieve ...

On the Swamp is a finalist for @selc.bsky.social's 2025 Reed Environmental Writing Award! I'm honored to be listed alongside these great writers, including one of my favorite journalists, Melba Newsome!
www.southernenvironment.org/news/meet-ou... #OnTheSwamp #Lumbee #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

P.S. If anyone at #AGU24 wants a copy of #OnTheSwamp right away, Politics & Prose (Union Market - walking distance) has 1 more in stock. Their Connecticut Ave store has a few more copies but is not in walking distance of the conference.

A conversation with Ryan Emanuel, author of 'On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice' Ryan Emanuel is a member of the Lumbee Tribe and a professor of hydrology at Duke University. He talks with Jeff Tiberii about his book, On the Swamp, in a wide-ranging and also personal conversation ...

ICYMI (like I did, since I'm at #AGU24)

Interview w/ Jeff Tiberii on WUNC's Due South is online! We had a wide-range conversation about climate change, colonialism, #Indigenous survival, & resilience - threads that run throughout my book, #OnTheSwamp

@wunc.bsky.social
www.wunc.org/show/due-sou...

I had a great time on the Water Talk podcast! Check out the latest episode. 👇🏽
#OnTheSwamp
#Indigenous
#EnvironmentalJustice

Corban Addison and Ryan Emanuel visit Wake Forest for book forum Bestselling author Corban Addison and professor of hydrology at Duke University, Ryan Emanuel, presented at a book forum hosted by the Mellon Environmental and Epistemic Justice Initiative (EEJI) at W...

Article in student newspaper about my recent visit to Wake Forest U's Environmental & Epistemic Justice Initiative to discuss my book, #OnTheSwamp, alongside author Corban Addison & our host - the amazing journalist Melba Newsome.
wfuogb.com/25548/enviro... @wakeforest.bsky.social #Indigenous 🌏 🧪

NC Humanities Announces North Carolina Reads 2025 Book Selections – North Carolina Humanities North Carolina Humanities’ award-winning statewide book club, North Carolina Reads, is returning for its fourth year starting next February 2025. North Carolina Reads annually features five books that...

#OnTheSwamp was selected for North Carolina Reads, an award-winning statewide book club created by North Carolina Humanities. I'm excited and honored to have my book included in the 2025 lineup! More info below.
nchumanities.org/nc-reads-202... #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice

On the Swamp with Dr. Ryan Emanuel - Great Outdoor Provision Company Join us in Chapel Hill for an exciting event featuring Dr. Ryan Emanuel and his book On The Swamp: Fighting for...

NC Triangle folks - Join me next Monday, #IndigenousPeoplesDay, for a book event at Great Outdoor Provision Co. in Chapel Hill. I'll share stories from ON THE SWAMP, & you can pick up a signed copy! Details below.
greatoutdoorprovision.com/event/on-the... #OnTheSwamp #EnvironmentalJustice #Lumbee 🌎

Book talk yesterday at UNC's Love House, co-sponsored by Center for the Study of the American South & American Indian Center.

Another full-circle moment - my last time at Love House was a 2017 talk on Atlantic Coast Pipeline environmental justice research. #OnTheSwamp

Video from April 2024 book launch at Duke U! Watching it reminded me of how much fun I had & how grateful I am to all who helped bring the book to fruition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ2J... #OnTheSwamp #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice #EnvHist 🌎 #geosky @carbonshed.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social