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Intersectionality & Justice in Contemporary Climate Fiction
Saturday, March 26, 2022
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Fiction that engages climate change often focuses on historical decisions or future possibilities, which can strip responsibility and agency from those of us living on Earth today. This panel of climate fiction writers will discuss why contemporary environmental justice, representation, and intersectionality in environmental narratives matter as they share strategies for crafting stories that invite readers into the conversation about the climate crisis.
Participants
Julie Carrick Dalton’s (she/her) debut novel, Waiting for the Night Song, was a CNN, Newsweek, Parade, and USA Today Most Anticipated 2021 book. A Tin House and Bread Loaf alum, Julie owns a small speaks/teaches about fiction that engages climate crisis.
Sim Kern is a Gulf Coast environmental journalist and speculative cli-fi writer. Their debut novella, Depart, Depart!, was an Otherwise Award nominee, and the first installment of their YA sci-fi trilogy, Seeds for the Swarm, is forthcoming in the fall of 2022.
Aya de Leon teaches creative writing at University of California Berkeley. Her award-winning feminist heist novel series, including Side Chick Nation about Hurricane Maria, has been optioned for TV. Her latest novel, A Spy in the Struggle, is about FBI infiltration of a Black climate and racial justice movement.
