Staying Informed
On taking the time to curate your news and information feeds to match what you want to know and learn about.
literature
New website, new directions
New website, new look, new ideas
Better Late Than Never: New Directions for Watershed Moments
I didn’t get today’s blog post written yesterday, in large part because I’m rethinking what I want to write about here and what I want … Read more
Monday Quote: Amitav Ghosh
How can artists effectively engage with the public about climate change?
Monday Quote: Mary Oliver
Last week we said goodbye to poet and writer Mary Oliver.
Results of My Blogging Experiment
What it was like to blog every day for a week, and what it means for my future blogging.
Talking to Famous Authors
Yesterday my interview with Barbara Kingsolver was published at Longreads. I’ve been calling it a Q&A, because that’s how it was structured, but my writing … Read more
Writing the Anthropocene: Barry López and Kim Stanley Robinson
We are living in the Anthropocene epoch. A report published last week by the US government would seem to confirm that. They found that climate … Read more
Apocalypse Now: Can Post-Apocalyptic Literature Inform Decision-Making About Our Future?
“The stable climate in which human civilization has flourished for thousands of years, with a largely predictable ocean permitting the growth of great coastal cities, … Read more
