Join us for an evening of climate fiction readings that reveal how authors imagine and respond to climate change in literature. We’ll open with a brief introduction to the genre, followed by short excerpts from a range of authors — some well-known, like Barbara Kingsolver, Richard Powers, and Kim Stanley Robinson, and others less familiar but equally compelling. Each reading will highlight different ways authors use climate change in their works: as setting, character, or conflict. 

Attendees will receive cards noting different climate themes to track during the readings and can choose to sketch or jot down words that stand out. After each excerpt, we’ll pause for a few reflective questions: How does climate change function in the story? What aspects are present? Come to listen, reflect, and consider how fiction helps expand readers' concept of climate change.

About your presenter: Emily Stutzman has lived in Nashville, teaching sustainability at Lipscomb University, for the last ten years. Now, she's head of Research and Outreach at Caney Fork Farms, a regenerative farm in Middle Tennessee. Her first degree is in English.

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