World Literature Today – July 01, 2019

Climate

Change

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Featuring

Alberto Chimal 53

Jane Hirshfield 58

Chris Arthur 60

David Holmgren 65

Márcia Wayna Kambeba 70

Tiffany Higgins 71

Sandra Jensen 72

Pireeni Sundaralingam 74

T

here is no scien-

tific dispute that

the Earth’s climate

is warming and becoming

less stable because of

human activity. For many

in the West, lulled by cli-

mate-controlled houses

and deep federal subsi-

dies into the industrial

agriculture practices that

are in a large part driving

climate change, the question

continues to arise, “When is

climate change going to land

in my backyard?” For others,

especially those inhabiting

the global South, “When?” is

now. Through this section, we

hope to ground a subject too

immense to conceive in its

fullness through lived human

experiences as captured in the

written word.

background Birds Watching, by Jenny Kendler,

part of Indicators: Artists on Climate Change at

Storm King Art Center, depicts one hundred eyes

of bird species threatened or endangered by

climate change. Printed reflective film mounted

on aluminum with steel frame, 10 x 40 x 1 ft,

2018. Image courtesy of the artist.

52 W LT SUMMER 2019