creative writing on environmental justice
Dear Reckoning Reader,
The team at ARLA, in partnership with Solarpunk Magazine, Reckoning Press, and The Fabulist, would like to invite you to a special literary event to celebrate exciting new creative . . .
Another Life by Sarena Ulibarri, solarpunk writer and editor, depicts an ecotopian community thriving through the climate crisis after the collapse of the current global economy. In dialogue with current trends in politics and environmentalism—as well as timeless themes like the weight of history over individuals, the conflict for power between . . .
The year the plague doctor came to town, winter came early and held on into spring.
Up on the mountain this described almost every winter, yet somehow this year was worse. The road to the house was impassable and had been since the beginning of October. Robin’s parents were glad for the isolation, but for her and Bret it meant long snowmobile rides if they wanted . . .
Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk & Eco-Speculation is an anthology of original fiction forthcoming in Spring 2017 from Upper Rubber Boot after a successful Kickstarter campaign, edited by Phoebe Wagner and Brontë Wieland. I got in touch with Phoebe as part of my continuing efforts to learn how to edit an eco-themed journal.
(Also see their interview . . .
Happy Equinox! The first issue of Reckoning is exactly one season away.
As part of figuring out how I want to run Reckoning, it occurred to me to ask some editors, people who have done this before or something like it, for advice, ideas, caveats. I’ve long been a fan of open source, and I very much want this to be a place where we all think and learn together, where . . .