Facing the change, personal encounters with global warming, edited by Steven Pavlos Holmes
Type
Label
Facing the change, personal encounters with global warming, edited by Steven Pavlos Holmes
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
mixed forms
Main title
Facing the change
Oclc number
828056697
Responsibility statement
edited by Steven Pavlos Holmes
Sub title
personal encounters with global warming
Summary
"Facing the Change: Personal Encounters with Global Warming is a new kind of book about climate change. Instead of experts talking at us, this innovative literary collection shares the voices of fellow citizens struggling to make sense of the concrete changes taking place in our world today. Instead of scientific facts and predictions, this book offers personal essays, poems, and short stories expressing what's going on in people's lives, hearts, and dreams. Instead of leaving readers guilty and disempowered, this book will help us all to begin to work through the full range of emotions--confusion, fear, sorrow, anger, and realistic hope--that we must face in confronting the crisis. Showcasing the voices of a wide range of authors--from prize-winning writers and poets such as Roxana Robinson, Audrey Schulman, and Barbara Crooker, to regular citizens and young people--Facing the Change offers a new opportunity for moving past denial and despair to awareness and action"--Publisher's website
Table Of Contents
Observations. Strangely warmed (About the weather / Harry Smith ; Snowshoe Hare / Roxana Robinson ; On the eve of the invasion of Iraq / Todd Davis ; Be prepared to evacuate / Tara L. Masih ; Weather weirding, 2012 / Barbara Crooker ; A guest in the house / Paul Sohar ; The things we say when we say goodbye / Alan Davis) ; Species out of joint (Search / Margarita Engle ; To wit, to woo / Kathryn Miles ; Winter visions / Paul Sohar ; Trees of fire and rust / Margaret Hammitt-McDonald ; Burning to zero / Carla A. Wise ; A jungle for my backyard / Golda Mowe) ; Bearing witness (Edged off existence / Aubrey Schulman ; Ursus maritimus horribilis / Diane Gage ; Thin line between / Marybeth Holleman ; Polar bears / J. R. Solonche) -- Generations. The gifts we're giving our children (Learning their names as they go / Kristin Berger ; The darkness / Lilace Mellin Guignard ; The innocence of ice / Jamie Sweitzer Brandstadter ; Annapolis bus ride / Julie Dunlap ; The last days / Dane Cervine) ; Future imperfect (The last snow in Abilene / Benjamin Morris ; Blue sky / Penny Harter ; After / Jo Salas ; First day at school / Katerina Stoykova-Klemer ; A small sedition / Ellen Bihler ; Tiny black rocks / Rachel M. Augustine) -- Revolutions. Twistings (Late night news / Malaika King Albrecht ; The wind / Jim O'Donnell ; A shocking admission of heroic fantasy / Jill Riddell ; The watcher / Susan Palmer ; Hopeless for today / Helen Sanchez ; The wrath of human upon Gaia / Quynh Nguyen) ; Turnings (Strand sonnets / Kathryn Kirkpatrick ; Beyond denial / Willow Fagan ; Glooscap makes America known to the Europeans / Sydney Landon Plum ; Credo / Charlie Krause ; Doing work, causing change / Monica Woelfel ; How to be a climate hero / Audrey Schulman) ; Coda (The lucky ones / Penny Harter ; The angels are rebelling / Barbara Crooker)