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“D Is for Despair” Didn’t Sound So Good: A Conversation Between Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert

For Earth Day, Bill McKibben speaks with Elizabeth Kolbert about climate change and her new book “H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z.”

Deborah Coen shows how historians miss a great deal when they rely on the quantitative tools of scientists.

Ellie Eberlee reviews Manjula Martin’s “The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History.”

Ellie Eberlee reviews Daniel Gumbiner’s “Fire in the Canyon.”

Mathias Thaler argues that utopian thinking has a role to play in addressing the climate crises.

Steve Paulson interviews author, scholar, and philosopher Donna Haraway.

Roy Scranton reviews two new books by Bill McKibben and David Wallace-Wells, examining why they don't go nearly far enough.

Todd Miller’s new book about climate migrancy and border security.

Steve Paulson interviews author Amitav Ghosh on contemporary fiction’s failure to grapple with climate change.