{"product_id":"the-world-as-we-knew-it-dispatches-from-a-changing-climate-paperback","title":"The World as We Knew It: Dispatches from a Changing Climate - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Brady\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTajja Isen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNineteen leading literary writers from around the globe offer timely, haunting first-person reflections on how climate change has altered their lives--including essays by Lydia Millet, Alexandra Kleeman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Omar El Akkad, Lidia Yuknavitch, Melissa Febos, and more\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this riveting anthology, leading literary writers reflect on how climate change has altered their lives, revealing the personal and haunting consequences of this global threat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the opening essay, National Book Award finalist Lydia Millet mourns the end of the Saguaro cacti in her Arizona backyard due to drought. Later, Omar El Akkad contemplates how the rise of temperatures in the Middle East is destroying his home and the wellspring of his art. Gabrielle Bellot reflects on how a bizarre lionfish invasion devastated the coral reef near her home in the Caribbean--a precursor to even stranger events to come. Traveling through Nebraska, Terese Svoboda witnesses cougars running across highways and showing up in kindergartens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the stories unfold--from Antarctica to Australia, New Hampshire to New York--an intimate portrait of a climate-changed world emerges, captured by writers whose lives jostle against incongruous memories of familiar places that have been transformed in startling ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTajja Isen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSome of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service\u003c\/i\u003e. She is an editor for \u003ci\u003eCatapult \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine and the former digital editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e. Also a voice actor, Tajja can be heard on such animated shows as \u003ci\u003eThe Berenstain Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtomic Betty\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGo Dog Go\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Brady\u003c\/b\u003e is the Executive Director of \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of a cultural history of ice in America and the former Editor-in-Chief of the \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds a PhD in literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has won writing and research awards from the National Science Foundation, the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference, and the Library of Congress.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766853927200,"sku":"9781646220304","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d34de6adf08f4efd1bd985e811ab66bd.webp?v=1780300019","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-world-as-we-knew-it-dispatches-from-a-changing-climate-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}