Sat. May 3, 2025
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM ET
Goethe-Institut New York
30 Irving Pl, New York, NY 10003
$20
Speakers: Emily Raboteau, Marie Howe, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, James Tager
Four portraits of individuals, three women and one man, are shown against a background labeled New York with a decorative pink and blue element. The women have varying curly hairstyles; the man has short dark hair. The images are in a grid format.

Words for the Planet: Writers Confronting the Climate Crisis

Climate change is here and its impact is felt everywhere. From natural disasters to forced migration, the crisis is exacerbating inequities and reshaping our world. Authors, poets, and scientists are all responding to this crisis – exploring it on both a personal, collective, and global scale.

Join poet Marie Howe (New & Selected Poems), biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures), and Emily Raboteau (Lessons for Survival; Mothering Against the “Apocalypse”), for a cross-genre moderated conversation by James Tager. Together, they’ll explore how their work responds to the climate crisis and how we can envision a sustainable future.