Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction

Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction

Laila Lalami: "Our world... may not be the best of all possible worlds, but it’s the one we have—and the one we make."

By Laila Lalami | March 13, 2025

The Best Story Collection About California Wildfires Isn’t a Book—It’s a Brand-New Record 

The Best Story Collection About California Wildfires Isn’t a Book—It’s a Brand-New Record 

Rebecca Worby on Will Stratton’s “Points of Origin”

By Rebecca Worby | March 7, 2025

Dennis Lehane: Confessions of a Novelist Turned TV Showrunner

Dennis Lehane: Confessions of a Novelist Turned TV Showrunner

live at the 2024 Sun Vally Writers' Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | March 6, 2025

How the San Francisco Rare Book Fair Became a Refuge from the LA Wildfires

How the San Francisco Rare Book Fair Became a Refuge from the LA Wildfires

Julie Zigoris on the Resilience of Booksellers

By Julie Zigoris | March 5, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>Braiding Sweetgrass</em> by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A Small Press Book We Love:
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

By Jonny Diamond | March 4, 2025

WG Sebald’s <em>Rings of Saturn</em> Might Be the Perfect Climate Change Novel

WG Sebald’s Rings of Saturn Might Be the Perfect Climate Change Novel

Madeleine Watts’s on the Prescient Genius of a Hard-to-Categorize Novel

By Madeleine Watts | February 20, 2025

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Lauren Markham on the Use and Limitations of Language to Describe Disaster

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Humanity’s Claustrophobia: How Technology and Globalization Created a World in Crisis

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Sarah S. Grossman on the Los Angeles Wildfires

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John Vaillant on <em>Fire Weather</em>

John Vaillant on Fire Weather

live at the 2024 Sun Vally Writers' Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | January 22, 2025

A Way of Living: On Direct Action and Survival Work in the Face of American Fascism

A Way of Living: On Direct Action and Survival Work in the Face of American Fascism

Madeline ffitch Reminds Us of What’s at Stake, Every Day of Our Lives

By Madeline ffitch | January 21, 2025

We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid

We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid

Kim Kelly Offers Advice and Reading Suggestions for How We Might Survive the Depredations to Come

By Kim Kelly | January 21, 2025

“We’re Not Living Right.” On the Failed Human Efforts to Conquer the Desert

“We’re Not Living Right.” On the Failed Human Efforts to Conquer the Desert

Kyle Paoletta Explores Language, Survival and Belonging in the American West

By Kyle Paoletta | January 17, 2025

The Seven Books I Took With Me When Evacuating Los Angeles

The Seven Books I Took With Me When Evacuating Los Angeles

Carolyn Kellogg on Realizing the Value of the Irreplaceable

By Carolyn Kellogg | January 15, 2025

Here’s How You Can Help Fire-Affected Angelenos

Here’s How You Can Help Fire-Affected Angelenos

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What Will You Save When the Climate Crisis Comes For You?

What Will You Save When the Climate Crisis Comes For You?

Eiren Caffall on the Importance of Preserving Human and Natural History in Times of Catastrophe and Collapse

By Eiren Caffall | January 8, 2025

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