Very short and superficial, but here’s the author of the second piece we’ll discuss tomorrow, talking about the category of “cli-fi”:

Stephanie LeMenager | What is Cli-Fi? || Radcliffe Institute

The 2016-2017 Radcliffe Institute fellow Stephanie LeMenager explains the broad and burgeoning genre of climate fiction and how artists, filmmakers, and authors alike are using it to tell the story of climate change.

Here are some questions we’ll be digging into in class tomorrow in our discussion of Nixon’s piece:

Nixon, TPS on SLOW VIOLENCE

What is “slow violence”? How does the anecdote about Lawrence Summers’s memo help us to understand it? What are some of the tensions between the ideas of slowness and violence? Why is slow violence

Feel free to review as you read; otherwise, they’re on the blog for convenience when we meet tomorrow.

I thought you might find it interesting to consult one of the foremost experts in climate science …