Join us for the virtual book launch of DEAR HUMAN AT THE EDGE OF TIME: POEMS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATES on August 31st, Thursday, at 4pm PT / 7pm ET, hosted by the South San Francisco Public Library and co-sponsored by the Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience (ICAR) at Old Dominion University. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Featuring:
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, Ernesto L. Abeytia, Aileen Cassinetto, Renato Redentor Constantino, Jeremy S. Hoffman, Luisa A. Igloria, Sam Illingworth, Mac Mestayer, Rajiv Mohabir, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Erika Spanger, Eileen R. Tabios, Sony Ton-Aime, Angela Narciso Torres, Claire Wahmanholm and Jessica C. Whitehead,
Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States is offered as a companion to the congressionally mandated Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) to encourage stories of climate justice and resilience. 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