DEAR HUMAN AT THE EDGE OF TIME Poems on Climate Change in the United States Edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto & Jeremy S. Hoffman Identifiers: LCCN 2023009083 | ISBN 9781734496543 Classification: LCC PS595.C554 D43 2023 | DDC 811/.6--dc23/eng/20230804 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023009083 Pages: 176 List Price: $20 (price may vary by retailer) Paloma Press, September 2023 Contact: editor at palomapress.org To pre-order: Barnes and Noble, Bookshop, Amazon, Waterstones (please consider leaving a review as it improves our search rankings, thank you!)
In the U.S., the congressionally mandated Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) report is currently in development, and groups of scientists from all over the country and Caribbean are overseeing the synthesis of published research for regional and topic-specific chapters. For the first time, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy through the U.S. Global Change Research Program has included the arts to encourage wider participation in the National Climate Assessment, and help visualize the impacts of climate change. Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States is offered as a companion to NCA5, and an additional opportunity to participate in the urgent conversations on environmental justice. Edited by Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellows Luisa A. Igloria & Aileen Cassinetto and NCA5 Chapter Lead Dr. Jeremy S. Hoffman, the anthology’s 70+ contributors include Union of Concerned Scientists Director of Strategic Climate Analytics Erika Spanger and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, with Foreword by Claire Wahmanholm and Afterword by Dr. Sam Illingworth. Forthcoming in September when the Fifth National Climate Assessment is also scheduled for release.
Complete list of contributors: Ernesto L. Abeytia, Bradley Allf, Anna Bartel, Kristin Berkey-Abbott, Mary Grace Bertulfo, Amanda M. Blake, Dave Bonta, Cassandra Bousquet, Allen Braden, Cynthia Buiza, Kate Cell, Eva Chen, Everett Cruz, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Sofia Fall, Molly Fisk, Mary Fitzpatrick, Eric Forsbergh, Sue Davis Gabbay, Lee Anne Gallaway-Mitchell, Gail Giewont, Caitlin Gildrien, Annette Holland, John Hoppenthaler, Catherine Hulshof De La Peña, E.W.I. Johnson, Melinda Koyanis, Marisa Lin, Karen Llagas, Katharyn Howd Machan, David S. Maduli, Kindra McDonald, Joshua McPeak, Mac Mestayer, Claire Millikin, Rajiv Mohabir, Heidi Mordhost, Susanne Moser, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, January Gill O’Neil, Calvin Olsen, Craig Santos Perez, Jeanine Pfeiffer, Ngoc Pham, Alice Plane, Kyle Potvin, Aman Rahman, Chelsea Rathburn, Sheri Reda, Kim Roberts, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Ellen Sander, Alan Semerdjian, Emily Schulten, Jordan Sher, Kim Shuck, Martha Silano, Brian Sonia-Wallace, Erika Spanger, Mark Spitzer, Eileen R. Tabios, Ellen Taylor, Sony Ton-Aime, Angela Narciso Torres, Brian Turner, Cindy Veach, Claire Wahmanholm, Leana Weissberg, Lesley Wheeler, Wendi White, Denise Wilcox, Maw Shein Win, Diana Woodcock, Khaty Xiong, & U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.
ADVANCE WORDS
“This book reminds us we are in a state of collapse as well as rebirth. It is both lamp and spear, lyric and shield. It is a companion we will need as we navigate the long dark night of the climate crisis and the rubble of human certainties and conceits.”
—Renato Redentor Constantino, Managing Director, Constantino Foundation and Deputy Chair of the Expert Advisory Group of the 58-government Climate Vulnerable Forum
“An anthology like this represents just a sliver of people who are deeply invested in this work. For every poet in this anthology—each of whom care desperately about the world and what we are doing to it—there are approximately 2,500,739 people in the United States—some poets, but mostly not—who feel the same way: that we are in serious trouble; that greed has brought us here; that we love the world and think it is worth saving; that we are willing to reimagine our societies in order to do it.”
—Claire Wahmanholm, author of Meltwater (Milkweed Editions, 2023), Redmouth (Tinderbox Editions, 2019) & Wilder (Milkweed Editions, 2018), and winner of the Montreal Prize 2022
“I am inspired by the power of poetry to move us, to challenge us, and to connect us to one another and to the natural world. Dear Human at the Edge of Time is a testament to the vital role that poetry can play in raising awareness of the climate crisis and in spurring us to action.”
—Dr. Sam Illingworth, Chief Executive Editor, Geoscience Communication, and founder, Consilience
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