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Author:
Amy Brady, Tajja Isen, Lydia Millet, Alexandra Kleeman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Omar El Akkad, Lidia Yuknavitch, Melissa Febos, Gabrielle Bellot, Terese Svoboda
Publisher:
Catapult
Date:
June 14, 2022
In this anthology, leading literary writers reflect on how climate change has altered their lives, revealing the personal and haunting consequences of this global threat. In the opening essay, National Book Award finalist Lydia Millet mourns the end of the Saguaro cacti in her Arizona backyard due to drought. Later, Omar El Akkad contemplates how the rise of temperatures in the Middle East is destroying his home and the wellspring of his art. Gabrielle Bellot reflects on how a bizarre lionfish invasion devastated the coral reef near her home in the Caribbeanâa precursor to even stranger events to come. Traveling through Nebraska, Terese Svoboda witnesses cougars running across highways and showing up in kindergartens.
What The Reviewers Say
The nineteen contributors to The World as We Knew It focus on...intimate and immediate signs of climate change.
Even in essays that skew strongly toward despair, powerlessness never fully eliminates personal responsibility.
Inspiring.
A diverse, impactful set of essays that explore the climate crisis.
