Tag Archives: Richard Powers

Why Belief in Phony Conspiracies?

By Robin Bates | Published: September 26, 2023

Why do people believe in wild conspiracies. I look into some theories.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged climate change, conspiracy theories, Overstory | Comments closed

More Entries for the Cli-Fi List

By Robin Bates | Published: September 25, 2023

Powers’s “Overstory” and Doerr’s “Cloud Cuckoo Land” can be added to the growing list of cli-fi.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Anthony Doerr, climate change, Cloud Cuckoo Land, Diogenese, Overstory | Comments closed

On Revisiting Intense Experiences

By Robin Bates | Published: November 4, 2021

Returning to my alma mater reminds me of Wordsworth returning to the Wye River in “Tintern Abbey.” That he shares the experience with his sister makes it even more relevant.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Tortoise Shout", college reunions, D. H. Lawrence, Overstory, Tintern Abbey, William Wordsworth | Comments closed

Read to Grapple with Climate Change

By Robin Bates | Published: July 27, 2020

Sian Cain uses literature to grapple with her decision, in light of climate change, not to have children.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Afterland, Amina Cain, Amitav Ghosh, Avni Doshi, Barbara Pym, burnt Sugar, childbearing, Children, Children of Men, cli-fi, climate change, climate fiction, Cormac McCarthy, Cygnet, D. H. Lawrence, David Wallace-Wells, Doris Lessing, Drowned World, Elena Ferrante, Fleishmann Is in Trouble, Future Home of the Living God, Indelicacy, J.G. Ballard, Jenny Offill, Lauren Beukes, Louise Erdrich, Lydia Millet, Margaret Atwood, Mark OConnell, Melissa Broder, Notes from an Apocalypse, Ottessa Moshfegh, Overstory, P.D. James, Pisces, Rachel Cusk, Road Not Taken, Season Butler, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Uninhabitable Earth, weather, When It Happens, Year of Rest and Relaxation | Comments closed