A couple of days ago, chatting briefly on Messenger, Dave wondered why I'd not posted anything about my forthcomingbook Caulbearer (or even about the anthology which I waslead editor for, along with Aileen Cassinetto and Jeremy S.Hoffman— Dear Human a…  | By Luisa A. Igloria on July 3, 2024 | A couple of days ago, chatting briefly on Messenger, Dave
wondered why I'd not posted anything about my forthcoming
book Caulbearer (or even about the anthology which I was
lead editor for, along with Aileen Cassinetto and Jeremy S.
Hoffman— Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate
Change in the U.S., Paloma Press, 2023). The Foreword
was written by the wonderful Claire Wahmanholm, and the
Afterword by Dr. Sam Illingworth, Associate Professor
at Edinburgh Napier University in the UK (whose work
and research have long focused on science communication
through poetry and games).
It's exciting to see how warm the reactions have been to our
anthology, and how this little book keeps rolling along and
finding more and more audiences. Joe Biden sent a congratulatory
letter; the book even won the Best Poetry Anthology Award at the 2023
American Book Festival. We were invited to participate in the AGU
(American Geophysical Union) December conference in the Bay
area; and in April, the Science Creativity and Climate Futures
Conference (UC Berkeley) built a conference around Dear Human.
PoetsForScience, Traveling Stanzas and David Hassler at Kent
State University's Wick Poetry Center helped us launch an
interactive microsite where anyone can contribute to the ongoing
"Community Poem" in response to the Fifth National Climate
Assessment Papers (NCA5).
In less than two weeks, we'll be making a call for submissions
to a brand new anthology project—I'll be sure to post a call here too!
In the meantime, I'm so pleased to let you know that the pre-order
link for my newest book Caulbearer is LIVE! (There's even a Study/
Discussion Guide that you can click on and download, which my
daughter Gabriela helped to create.)
Recipient of the 2023 Immigrant Series prize, Caulbearer will be
released from Black Lawrence Press in August 2024.
It would mean the world to me and my publisher if you pre-order
the book now, instead of waiting until August (pre-orders will be
accepted until midnight of July 30, 2024). | | | |
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