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Environmentalism Book Club

"Afterglow" by Various Authors

2025-08-13 19:00:00 2025-08-13 20:30:00 America/New_York Environmentalism Book Club Hopeful and forward-looking futuristic short stories that explore how the power of storytelling can help create the world we need. Westlake Porter Public Library - Dover Room

Wednesday, August 13
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-13 19:00:00 2025-08-13 20:30:00 America/New_York Environmentalism Book Club Hopeful and forward-looking futuristic short stories that explore how the power of storytelling can help create the world we need. Westlake Porter Public Library - Dover Room

Hopeful and forward-looking futuristic short stories that explore how the power of storytelling can help create the world we need.

Our 8th selection is "Afterglow" by Various Authors


FROM CATALOG

"This is a glorious book that challenges our conceptions of bookmaking as much as it questions our conceptions of world-building. We, as earthlings, will be better to the earth after experiencing this book. That is not hyperbole."
--New York Times bestselling author Kiese Laymon

Afterglow is a stunning collection of original short stories in which writers from many different backgrounds envision a radically different climate future. Published in collaboration with Grist, a nonprofit media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions, these stirring tales expand our ability to imagine a better world.

Inspired by cutting-edge literary movements, such as Afrofuturism, hopepunk, and solarpunk, Afterglow imagines intersectional worlds in which no one is left behind--where humanity prioritizes equitable climate solutions and continued service to one's community. Whether through abundance or adaptation, reform, or a new understanding of survival, these stories offer flickers of hope, even joy, as they provide a springboard for exploring how fiction can help create a better reality.

Afterglow welcomes a diverse range of new voices into the climate conversation to envision the next 180 years of equitable climate progress. A creative work rooted in the realities of our present crisis, Afterglow presents a new way to think about the climate emergency--one that blazes a path to a clean, green, and more just future. 


This group will meet the second Wednesday of each month. Registration is required. 

Copies of this title will be available for checkout at the Circulation Desk.

If you have any questions, please email: elyse.kaderli@westlakelibrary.org

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books and Authors |

TAGS: | Environmentalism | book club |

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Westlake Porter Public Library is an independent public library serving the residents of the city of Westlake, western Cuyahoga County and eastern Lorain County. The library is located at 27333 Center Ridge Road in Westlake, Ohio. Anyone who lives, works, owns property, or goes to school in Ohio can register for a free library card.

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