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Embracing Ethical Pessimism in the Face of Near-Certain Climate Doom

Embracing Ethical Pessimism in the Face of Near-Certain Climate Doom

Roy Scranton on How Transcendental Style in Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” Helps Imagine an Unimaginable Future

By Roy Scranton | August 20, 2025

Emily Raboteau and Sarah Viren on Climate Change, Birding, and Social Justice

Emily Raboteau and Sarah Viren on Climate Change, Birding, and Social Justice

A Conversation with the Author of “Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against the Apocalypse”

By Sarah Viren | March 11, 2024

Beginning With the End: What We Tells Ourselves About the Future

Beginning With the End: What We Tells Ourselves About the Future

Emergence Magazine Podcast">Roy Scranton on the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | June 22, 2020

(in a Time of Disaster)"> How to Write with Optimism About Nature<br

How to Write with Optimism About Nature<br

(in a Time of Disaster)">

(in a Time of Disaster)">How to Write with Optimism About Nature
(in a Time of Disaster)

and Tim Robinson">Tobias Carroll on Books by Isabella Tree, Marc Hamer,
and Tim Robinson

By Tobias Carroll | December 11, 2019

Roy Scranton: Narrative in the Anthropocene is the Enemy

Roy Scranton: Narrative in the Anthropocene is the Enemy

Stories Won't Save You From Ecological Destruction

By Roy Scranton | September 18, 2019

I Heart Oklahoma!

I Heart Oklahoma!

Roy Scranton

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 19, 2019

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By Literary Hub | August 1, 2019

We're Doomed. Now What?
Roy Scranton on Climate Change">We're Doomed. Now What?
Roy Scranton on Climate Change

By Peter Nowogrodzki | June 21, 2019

9 Classics of Literary War Porn

By Roy Scranton | August 1, 2016