Wild Authors: Emmi Itäranta
Finnish author Emmi Itäranta’s debut novel, Memory of Water, haunted me to no end. It was my favorite book in 2014,
Literature
An Interview with Novelist Omar El Akkad
By now most of you have probably read the United Nations’ IPCC report, or articles summarizing it. The report paints a bleak
Wild Authors: Nathaniel Rich
In this ongoing series, I provide evidence that serious authors are tackling climate change in fiction. Essayist, editor, novelist, and
Wild Authors: Margaret Atwood
Popular author Margaret Atwood called climate change the “everything change.” Atwood’s novels are generally about the human experience, at times
An Interview with Novelist Cai Emmons
Fall is officially here in New York City. For many on the East coast, and especially in the Carolinas, the
Wild Authors: Jeff VanderMeer
It’s time to spotlight authors thinking and writing about global warming. Let’s start with Jeff VanderMeer, who tackles environmental issues
An Interview with Writer Krista Foss
I am pleased to share this interview with Krista Foss, an Ontario-based writer of novels, essays, short stories and journalism. Her
The Top 10 Best Art/Sustainability Initiatives in Berlin
Berlin is known as a city par excellence for artists, creatives and grassroots movements and it is exactly these people
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Climate Change’s Place in Literature
Climate change does not feature prominently in the landscape that comprises literary fiction. When the subject does appear, it is far more likely to be in nonfiction work. Sadly, the writers who write science fiction, the genre to which climate change has been relegated, are not taken seriously by the literary world. They will for instance rarely be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Global literature has shown that mainstream writers regularly respond to war and national emergencies of all kinds, but somehow climate change has so far proved resistant to their interest. In the modern novel, it seems that subjects like climate change move to the background, while as what we experience in our everyday lives and relationships moves to the foreground. As Amitav Ghosh explains in his book The Great Derangement, the techniques that are identified with the contemporary novel exclude climate change, because its science and effects are difficult to grasp, and not something which we deal with
The World We Made
Sir Jonathon Porritt – legendary British environmentalist, campaigner, commentator, writer, broadcaster, former Green Party co-chair, sustainability advisor to corporations and