“ELEGIAC, ANGRY AND IRONIC … [A] CLARION GLOBAL CHORUS”
In the past five years, John Freeman, previously editor of Granta, has launched a celebrated international literary magazine, Freeman’s,
and compiled two acclaimed anthologies that deal with income inequality
as it is experienced. Here, he draws together a group of our
greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the
environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities
where they live. Galvanized by his conversations with writers and activists around the
world, Freeman engaged with some of today’s most eloquent storytellers,
many of whom hail from the places under the most acute stress–from the
capital of Burundi to Bangkok, Thailand. The response has been
extraordinary.
Margaret Atwood conjures up a dystopian future in a
remarkable poem. Edwidge Danticat to
Haiti; Tahmima Anam to Bangladesh; while
Eka Kurniawan brings us to Indonesia, Chinelo Okparanta to Nigeria, and
Anuradha Roy to the Himalayas in the wake of floods, dam building, and
drought.
This is a literary all-points bulletin of fiction, essays,
poems, and reportage about the most important crisis of our times.
"Fierce and provocative, this diverse
collection shows that climate change is not just a problem for
developing nations. One day, it will become a matter of life and death
for rich and poor alike...
A powerful and timely collection on a topic that cannot be ignored" Kirkus Reviews
Contributors:
Sulaiman Addonia, Juan Miguel Álvarez, Tahmima Anam, Margaret Atwood,
Edwidge Danticat, Tishani Doshi, Yasmine El Rashidi, Mariana Enriquez,
Gaël Faye, Aminatta Forna, Lauren Groff, Eduardo Halfon, Mohammed Hanif,
Ishion Hutchinson, Daisy Johnson, Lawrence Joseph, Billy Kahora, Eka
Kurniawan, Krys Lee, Andri Snær Magnason, Khaled Mattawa, Ligaya Mishan,
Lina Mounzer, Sayaka Murata, Chinelo Okparanta, Diego Enrique Osorno,
Anuradha Roy, Raja Shehadeh & Penny Johnson, Sjón, Lars Skinnebach,
Burhan Sönmez, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Ian Teh, Tayi Tibble, and Joy
Williams
