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17 Writers on the Role of Fiction in Addressing Climate Change

April 15, 2019September 30, 2019 by Venkatesh Lakshmi Narayanan

by Amy Brady, Literary Hub

Five ASU affiliates who are using their art to make change in their communities

April 7, 2019September 30, 2019 by Venkatesh Lakshmi Narayanan

by Chelsea Hofmann, The State Press

Can Climate Change Fiction Build Consensus, Empathy?

March 21, 2019September 30, 2019 by Venkatesh Lakshmi Narayanan

by Brooke Ruth and Mark Sauer, KPBS (San Diego)

When ‘Everything’ Is Changing, Stories Have A Role To Play

February 27, 2019September 30, 2019 by Venkatesh Lakshmi Narayanan

by Jason Sheehan, NPR Books

How sci-fi could help solve climate change

February 18, 2019September 30, 2019 by Venkatesh Lakshmi Narayanan

by Zoe Sayler, Grist

How sci-fi could help solve climate change

February 18, 2019February 20, 2019 by Nina Miller

By Zoe Sayler Grist

In the face of climate chaos, writers find grief and hope

February 12, 2019September 30, 2019 by Venkatesh Lakshmi Narayanan

by Joey Eschrich, ASU Now

A New Cli-Fi Collection You Can Download For Free

February 11, 2019September 30, 2019 by Venkatesh Lakshmi Narayanan

by Amy Brady, Chicago Review of Books

Image of author Omar El Akkad, shoulders-up, in a black shirt, against the backdrop of a multicolored map of the United States.

The Story of the American War with Omar El Akkad

Event: April 18, 2019

THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019, 6:00PM | Ventana Ballroom, Memorial Union
In this year’s annual Imagination and Climate Futures Lecture, Omar El Akkad talks about how he came to write his debut novel, American War – the events that inspired it, the references buried throughout the text and the places he visited to research the book.

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Everything Change: An Anthology of Climate Fiction, Volume II

Everything Change, Volume II features 10 stories from our 2018 Everything Change Climate Fiction Contest, along with a foreword by our lead judge, renowned science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. The title Everything Change is drawn from a quote by Margaret Atwood, our first Imagination and […]

A free book of science fiction from around the world about climate change, introduced by Kim Stanley Robinson

January 29, 2019September 30, 2019 by Venkatesh Lakshmi Narayanan

by Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

Literally, Stories of Climate Change

January 10, 2019September 30, 2019 by Venkatesh Lakshmi Narayanan

by Joey Eschrich and Angie Dell, iMPACT magazine

Margaret Atwood, Prophet?

September 12, 2017January 25, 2018 by Nina Miller

Ed Finn
Slate – Future Tense

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Everything Change: An Anthology of Climate Fiction

Everything Change features twelve stories from our 2016 Climate Fiction Short Story Contest along with along with a foreword by science fiction legend and contest judge Kim Stanley Robinson and an interview with renowned climate fiction author Paolo Bacigalupi. Everything Change is free to download, read, […]

Author Margaret Atwood to discuss creative writing, science at ASU

July 25, 2014January 26, 2018 by Joey Eschrich

This article originally appeared in ASU News. Internationally renowned novelist and environmental activist Margaret Atwood will visit Arizona State University this November to discuss the relationship between art and science, and the importance of creative writing and imagination for addressing social and environmental challenges. Atwood’s visit […]