I’m With the Bears, a collection of short stories on climate change, is due for publication this October. Published by Verso—who describes it as “an aim to bring our probable future within the grasp of our comprehension”—the project’s proceeds will go to the international grassroots organization 350.org.

The collection promises to be varied in genre and content, as the climate crisis backdrop opens up plenty of possibilities. Among the notable authors joining in the endeavor are Margaret Atwood and TC Boyle.

“Imagination is the key here –until we’ve really understood at some gut level what kind of a threat we’re facing, we’re unlikely to act with enough commitment. Art gets at the gut. Environmentalists have spent a very long time appealing mainly to that side of the brain that likes bar graphs and pie charts; time to make sure we’re getting this on every level…”

(Via Book Bench)

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