Dear Human - Community Poem!
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Thank you to David Hassler, the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and all the poet-contributors to the anthology DEAR HUMAN AT THE EDGE OF TIME: POEMS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE U.S. (Paloma Press, September 2023), co-edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and Jeremy Hoffman ...
Thank you to the poets and readers who contributed to our community poem — May our little book continue to inspire and lead to more gains for climate action. 🌎🌍🌏 Please continue to add your own words at https://dearhuman.poetsforscience.org |
Tuesday 16 April - Dear Human at UC Berkeley Conference
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Please join us at the "DEAR HUMAN AT FUTURE’S EDGE: SCIENCE, CREATIVITY, AND CLIMATE FUTURES,” a CONFERENCE on the intersection of climate science, art, and ecopoetry— UC Berkeley, Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry.
The program celebrates two recent companion publications: the Fifth National Climate Assessment report, the U.S. Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses, and Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States from Paloma Press, 2023 Panel #3: “American Poets Imagine the Edge of Time” (6:15-6:45 PM ET) - This will be followed by POETRY READINGS: “A Celebration of Dear Human at the Edge of Time” (6:45 – 7:30 PM ET) Free and open to the public; but please register to attend https://tinyurl.com/DearHumanUCBerkeleyConference |
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10 February East Coast launch of
Dear Human at the Edge of Time
Friends, save the date for the East Coast launch of Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the U.S., co-edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and Jeremy S. Hoffman--
It's happening at 5:00 PM on Saturday, 10 February (auspicious also because it is the Lunar New Year!) at the beautiful new Ryan Resilience Lab/Elizabeth River Project.
FEATURED READERS & SPEAKERS: Gail Giewont, Denise Wilcox, Lesley Wheeler, Kindra McDonald; alongide ODU Institute for Climate and Resiliency Executive DIrector Dr. Jessica Whitehead, and anthology Co-Editors Luisa A. Igloria and Jeremy S. Hoffman.:
Check out Dear Human... at this interactive microsite |
We're so excited for this collaboration between us/the Dear Human at the Edge of Time anthology, PoetsforScience, and David Hessler and the Wick Poetry Center!
For this latter collaboration, we offer readers/audiences/the general public the opportunity to interact with three poems from the anthology for which we came up with writing prompts— so that they can offer up their own responses and we can build a "community poem" in response to the recently released Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5).
For this latter collaboration, we offer readers/audiences/the general public the opportunity to interact with three poems from the anthology for which we came up with writing prompts— so that they can offer up their own responses and we can build a "community poem" in response to the recently released Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5).
Some Upcoming Events for Dear Human
In the histories of thought, we've seen how science and the humanities have often been placed at polarizing junctures. However, science and the humanities are constantly intersecting and interacting. Dear Human at the Edge of Time goes in the direction of the idea that science and poetry don't cancel each other out; that they can and should be mutually supportive; and that we need their tools in order to survive.
We've been getting so much wonderful support from scientists and science groups— For one, this has led to the inclusion of Dear Human in a panel at the American Geophysicist's Union annual conference in San Francisco this December. In mid-November, we also received an invitation from the U.S. Global Research Program to attend a National Climate Assessment program at the White House; Jeremy S. Hoffman was able to attend.
Another science+poetry collaboration I am so excited about is the "Dear Human" microsite (officially going live on December 1)— a collaboration between us/the Dear Human at the Edge of Time anthology, PoetsforScience, and David Hessler and the Wick Poetry Center. Hoping you can all check it out!
We've been getting so much wonderful support from scientists and science groups— For one, this has led to the inclusion of Dear Human in a panel at the American Geophysicist's Union annual conference in San Francisco this December. In mid-November, we also received an invitation from the U.S. Global Research Program to attend a National Climate Assessment program at the White House; Jeremy S. Hoffman was able to attend.
Another science+poetry collaboration I am so excited about is the "Dear Human" microsite (officially going live on December 1)— a collaboration between us/the Dear Human at the Edge of Time anthology, PoetsforScience, and David Hessler and the Wick Poetry Center. Hoping you can all check it out!
Dear Human wins "Best Poetry Anthology" at American Book Fest
My co-editors and I were thrilled to receive the news in early November, that Dear Human was chosen as the recipient of the "Best Poetry Anthology" in the American Book Fest's Annual Best Book Awards.
It is an honor and recognition that we were not expecting, but that we are delighted about— especially given that there are so many new publications across different genres in any given season. It seems to be an indication that there is a great need for exactly this kind of book, at this time.
Thank you once again to all our brilliant poet-contributors!
It is an honor and recognition that we were not expecting, but that we are delighted about— especially given that there are so many new publications across different genres in any given season. It seems to be an indication that there is a great need for exactly this kind of book, at this time.
Thank you once again to all our brilliant poet-contributors!
Virtual Book Launch, 31 AUG (Thursday)
Friends, join us for the virtual book launch of
DEAR HUMAN AT THE EDGE OF TIME: POEMS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATES—
August 31, Thursday, at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern,
hosted by the South San Francisco Public Library,
and co-sponsored by the Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience (ICAR) at Old Dominion University
South San Francisco Public Library will send your zoom link for joining; register here (required).
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. DEAR HUMAN AT THE EDGE OF TIME, an anthology of poems on climate change in the United States, edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, & Jeremy Hoffman, is offered as a companion to NCA5, and an additional opportunity to participate in the urgent conversations on environmental justice.
Featuring:
Ada Limón, U.S. Poet Laureate
Ernesto L. Abeytia, Spanish-American poet and educator
Aileen Cassinetto, co-editor & San Mateo County Poet Laureate Emerita
Jeremy S. Hoffman, co-editor and Chapter Lead, Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5)
Luisa A. Igloria, co-editor and Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Emerita
Sam Illingworth, Chief Executive Editor of Geoscience Communication
Mac Mestayer, former Jefferson Lab experimental physicist
Rajiv Mohabir, author of Whale Aria (Four Way Books 2023)
Lee Ann Roripaugh, author of tsunami vs. the fukushima 50 (Milkweed Editions, 2019), NYPL's Best Book of 2019
Erika Spanger, Director of Strategic Climate Analytics in the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists
Eileen R. Tabios, author of The Inventor (Marsh Hawk Press, 2023)
Sony Ton-Aime, Michael I. Rudell Director of Literary Arts at Chautauqua Institution
Angela Narciso Torres, author of What Happens Is Neither (Four Way Books 2021)
Claire Wahmanholm, author of Meltwater (Milkweed Editions, 2023)
Jessica C. Whitehead, Joan P. Brock Endowed Executive Director, Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience (ICAR)
DEAR HUMAN AT THE EDGE OF TIME: POEMS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATES—
August 31, Thursday, at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern,
hosted by the South San Francisco Public Library,
and co-sponsored by the Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience (ICAR) at Old Dominion University
South San Francisco Public Library will send your zoom link for joining; register here (required).
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. DEAR HUMAN AT THE EDGE OF TIME, an anthology of poems on climate change in the United States, edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, & Jeremy Hoffman, is offered as a companion to NCA5, and an additional opportunity to participate in the urgent conversations on environmental justice.
Featuring:
Ada Limón, U.S. Poet Laureate
Ernesto L. Abeytia, Spanish-American poet and educator
Aileen Cassinetto, co-editor & San Mateo County Poet Laureate Emerita
Jeremy S. Hoffman, co-editor and Chapter Lead, Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5)
Luisa A. Igloria, co-editor and Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Emerita
Sam Illingworth, Chief Executive Editor of Geoscience Communication
Mac Mestayer, former Jefferson Lab experimental physicist
Rajiv Mohabir, author of Whale Aria (Four Way Books 2023)
Lee Ann Roripaugh, author of tsunami vs. the fukushima 50 (Milkweed Editions, 2019), NYPL's Best Book of 2019
Erika Spanger, Director of Strategic Climate Analytics in the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists
Eileen R. Tabios, author of The Inventor (Marsh Hawk Press, 2023)
Sony Ton-Aime, Michael I. Rudell Director of Literary Arts at Chautauqua Institution
Angela Narciso Torres, author of What Happens Is Neither (Four Way Books 2021)
Claire Wahmanholm, author of Meltwater (Milkweed Editions, 2023)
Jessica C. Whitehead, Joan P. Brock Endowed Executive Director, Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience (ICAR)
DEAR HUMAN AT THE EDGE OF TIME: POEMS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATES is forthcoming from Paloma Press in September, as a companion to the congressionally mandated Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5*).
The anthology features a Foreword from Claire Wahmanholm, and an Afterword from Sam Illingworth; and showcases the work of over 70 poets and scientists including Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Angela Narciso Torres, Craig Santos Perez, Khaty Xiong, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Eileen Tabios, Brian Turner, January Gill O'Neil, Maw Shein Win, Molly Fisk, Rajiv Mohabir, Dave Bonta, Lesley Wheeler, Sony Ton-AIme, Union of Concerned Scientists director Erika Spanger-Siegfried, ecologist Catherine Hulshof De La Peña, Jefferson Lab senior physicist Mac Mestayer, and our current U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.
I'm so grateful for my wonderful co-editors Aileen Cassinetto (Poet Laureate of San Mateo County, Emerita) and Dr. Jeremy Hoffman, Cohn Scientist at the Science Museum of Virginia and NCA5 Southeast Lead Scientist for the past 8 months.
As Jeremy and team present the NCA5 report to President Biden and Congress, Aileen, Jeremy and I offer this anthology as an additional opportunity to participate in the NCA5, by humanizing our communities’ stories of climate justice and stories of resilience alongside this scientific information.
We believe our stories shared through poetry have the power to unite our communities, sow the seeds of structural change, inspire hope and compassionate and equitable solutions across our differences.
“Dear Human at the Edge of Time” grew out of our Academy of American Poets Laureate civic projects.
Disclaimer:
No part of this project was initiated by the Science Museum of Virginia, the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), National Climate Assessment (NCA), or the US Government. Likewise, the Editors and Publisher act only in their individual capacities for this project, and not as representatives of the Science Museum of Virginia, USGCRP, NCA, or the US Government.
* More background on the US Global Change Research Program and NCA5 is available here (highlights excerpted).
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) was established by Presidential initiative in 1989 and mandated by Congress in the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990. Its mandate is to develop and coordinate “a comprehensive and integrated United States research program which will assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change.”
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In addition to an annual report to Congress and a Strategic Plan, the GCRA mandates that USGCRP prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a quadrennial assessment, referred to as the National Climate Assessment (NCA), which:
- Integrate[s], evaluate[s], and interpret[s] the findings of the Program and discuss[es] the scientific uncertainties associated with such findings
- Analyze[s] the effects of global change on the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social systems, and biological diversity
NCA5 Engagement
USGCRP recognizes that a robust public engagement strategy is vital to developing a National Climate Assessment that is relevant to its users. The NCA5 process is designed to be transparent and inclusive, offering multiple opportunities for public participation. As in previous assessments, NCA5 will offer public calls for authors and for input on other key aspects of its development. In addition, NCA5 will undergo an extensive, multi-phase review process that will engage the public. This approach is designed to result in a report that is transparent, inclusive, and authoritative; valued by authors and users; and accessible to the widest possible audience….”