According to Robinson’s fictional future, what do we have to do in order to avert climate disaster in the next 30 years?
Debra RienstraNovember 6, 2021
We are observing the Season of Creation for the first time this year, and as is our custom, we’ve put together our own liturgy. I’d like to report on how it’s been going.
Debra RienstraSeptember 25, 2021
Director David Lowery, who also produced and wrote the film, has stripped out almost all of the subtle satirical commentary on Christian piety and chivalric pride. Instead, he’s focused on the problem of romance narrative itself—at least this is how I’m seeing the film. What…
Debra RienstraAugust 28, 2021
Greta Thunberg edits this large collection of very short essays by dozens of the world’s experts in fields from climatology to agriculture to energy to environmental justice. The book moves through several sections from “How Climate Works” to “What We Must Do Now.” This is…
Debra RienstraAugust 8, 2021
So now my four tomato plants are producing like mad, and I’m faced with the problem of what to do with all these tomatoes.
Debra RienstraJuly 31, 2021
You’re living through traumatic times. After fifteen-plus months spent regarding all members of the public—along with one’s science-doubting relatives—as walking dispensers of viral load, you can’t expect to recover instantly.
Debra RienstraJuly 17, 2021
Art has the power to weasel behind our defenses, awaken us emotionally, disturb the smooth surfaces of our certainties.
Debra RienstraJuly 3, 2021
