Climate Lyricism

By Min Hyoung Song,

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In Climate Lyricism Min Hyoung Song articulates a climate change-centered reading practice that foregrounds how climate is present in most literature. Song shows how literature, poetry, and essays by Tommy Pico, Solmaz Sharif, Frank O'Hara, Ilya Kaminsky, Claudia Rankine, Kazuo Ishiguro, Teju Cole, Richard Powers, and others help us to…


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1 author picked Climate Lyricism as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Real talk, this is a theory-heavy book meant for literature students, but reading it shaped the way I’ve thought about my creative writing since I read it. Min Hyoung Song makes a strong case not only for the creation of more climate-centric literature but also for reading the climate into books that are not about the climate crisis. 

Song’s style is also very readable despite being a theory book. I was greatly moved by how he wrote about climate-related despair and hope and how he spoke frankly about what he believed literature could teach us in these times. 

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