How do we process climate grief while continuing to move forward with hope? In this powerful @baybookfest panel, authors Lauren Markham, Rachel Richardson, Obi Kaufmann, and Leora Kava explore the emotional and cultural toll of climate catastrophe through memoir, poetry, and Indigenous eco-literature. From sorrow to regeneration, this conversation—moderated by Environmental Studies professor Vijaya Nagarajan—is both a reckoning and a call to reimagine our future. 🌱 📖 Part of the Bay Area Book Festival. Learn more about the panel at bit.ly/4ds6wd2 @Laurenemarkham @wanderingrbjr @coyotethunder @vijayanags (fb)

Here in the Bay Area, we’ve always been known for promoting viewpoints too often silenced elsewhere. As more corporations and government programs renege on support for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and as big publishing remains a narrow-minded industry (even in recent years, 80+% of published authors are white and the majority are male), Litquake remains committed to our values. Do you believe everyone deserves the privilege to tell their story? 🌸 Donate to Litquake today 🔗 in bio & below At a time when we can all feel isolated, diminished, and threatened, Litquake brings us together in a way that centers joy. Our great strength is gathering all of you in community—readers, writers, journalists, poets, activists of every ilk, creed, or class—around what matters most to you and with celebration in mind. This is how we build our expansive, empathy-raising, and—frankly—fun programs each year. Last year, you might have caught Tenderloin and homelessness activist Del Seymour and oral historian Alison Owings delightedly, tearfully watching as Skywatchers, a TL performance group, danced and spoke his praises. While down the street, drag kings and queens cavorted on stage in homage to Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle. Maybe these seem niche? But we know for the people in the room, these moments of communal joy restore, unify, and propel. There’s a deeper effect here too—joy creates momentum. Joy provides a glimpse of a better future. Together, let’s stay motivated to work toward it. 💗💫 Litquake.org/donate 🔗🔗 Yours, Graham Todd Artistic Director (fb)