Acclaimed journalist Jeff Goodell to speak at SUNY Adirondack

Jeff Goodell, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the author of six books, will read and discuss his newest work, The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and the Remaking of the Civilized World, at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 7 in the Visual Arts Gallery in Dearlove Hall on the Queensbury campus as part of the Writers Project.

At Rolling Stone, Goodell interviewed Barack Obama, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. His books include The Cyberthief and the Samurai: The True Story of Kevin Mitnick — And the Man Who Hunted Him Down; Sunnyvale: The Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family; Our Story: 77 Hours That Tested Our Friendship and Our Faith; Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future; and How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth’s Climate.

Additional Writers Project programming includes appearances by poet Annik Adey-Babinski on Feb. 28, SUNY Adirondack Distinguished Professor of English Lale Davidson on March 28, photographer and poet Bernadette Mayer on April 11 and a SUNY Adirondack student reading on May 2.

All Writers Project programs, which are free and open to the public, are at 12:30 p.m. in the Visual Arts Gallery in Dearlove Hall.