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Learning to Die in the Anthropocene

Reflections on the End of a Civilization

by Roy Scranton ...

Series series City Lights Open Media
"In Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, Roy Scranton draws on his experiences in Iraq to confront the grim realities of climate change. The result is a fierce and provocative book."--Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History"Roy Scranton's Learning to Die in the Anthropocene presents, without extraneous bullshit, what we must do to survive on ... Read more

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"In Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, Roy Scranton draws on his experiences in Iraq to confront the grim realities of climate change. The result is a fierce and provocative book."--Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History"Roy Scranton's Learning to Die in the Anthropocene presents, without extraneous bullshit, what we must do to survive on
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Impasse

Climate Change and the Limits of Progress

by Roy Scranton ...

A Next Big Idea Club "Must Read" for August 2025!We need a new realism in the face of global climate catastrophe.Extreme heat, fires, floods, and storms are transforming our planet. Yet instead of serious responses from world leaders, we get increasing emissions, divisive politics, and ersatz solutions that offer more of the same: more capitalism, more complexity, more "progress."The impasse we ... Read more

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A Next Big Idea Club "Must Read" for August 2025!We need a new realism in the face of global climate catastrophe.Extreme heat, fires, floods, and storms are transforming our planet. Yet instead of serious responses from world leaders, we get increasing emissions, divisive politics, and ersatz solutions that offer more of the same: more capitalism, more complexity, more "progress."The impasse we
... Read more

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We're Doomed. Now What?

Essays on War and Climate Change

by Roy Scranton ...

An American Orwell for the age of Trump, Roy Scranton faces the unpleasant facts of our day in 15 insightful, honest essays on war, climate change, and violence.Our moment is one of alarming and bewildering change—the breakup of the post-1945 global order, a multispecies mass extinction, and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. Not one of us is innocent, not one of us is safe. ... Read more

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An American Orwell for the age of Trump, Roy Scranton faces the unpleasant facts of our day in 15 insightful, honest essays on war, climate change, and violence.Our moment is one of alarming and bewildering change—the breakup of the post-1945 global order, a multispecies mass extinction, and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. Not one of us is innocent, not one of us is safe.
... Read more

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War Porn

by Roy Scranton ...

**"One of the best and most disturbing war novels in years."—The Wall Street Journal“War porn,” n. Videos, images, and narratives featuring graphic violence, often brought back from combat zones, viewed voyeuristically or for emotional gratification. Such media are often presented and circulated without context, though they may be used as evidence of war crimes.**War porn is also, in Roy Scranton ... Read more

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**"One of the best and most disturbing war novels in years."—The Wall Street Journal“War porn,” n. Videos, images, and narratives featuring graphic violence, often brought back from combat zones, viewed voyeuristically or for emotional gratification. Such media are often presented and circulated without context, though they may be used as evidence of war crimes.**War porn is also, in Roy Scranton
... Read more

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I Heart Oklahoma!

by Roy Scranton ...

Roy Scranton, controversial and critically-acclaimed, brings us a formally daring road trip into the heart of present-day America.When Suzie is offered the chance to work with a maverick cinematographer on his road-trip movie about Donald Trump’s America, she’s pretty sure it’s a bad idea. But she signs up anyway, hoping it might help her start over and find something she’s lost: a sense of the ... Read more

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Roy Scranton, controversial and critically-acclaimed, brings us a formally daring road trip into the heart of present-day America.When Suzie is offered the chance to work with a maverick cinematographer on his road-trip movie about Donald Trump’s America, she’s pretty sure it’s a bad idea. But she signs up anyway, hoping it might help her start over and find something she’s lost: a sense of the
... Read more

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Total Mobilization

World War II and American Literature

by Roy Scranton ...

Since World War II, the story of the trauma hero—the noble white man psychologically wounded by his encounter with violence—has become omnipresent in America’s narratives of war, an imaginary solution to the contradictions of American political hegemony. In Total Mobilization, Roy Scranton cuts through the fog of trauma that obscures World War II, uncovering a lost history and reframing the way we ... Read more

$21.59 USD

Since World War II, the story of the trauma hero—the noble white man psychologically wounded by his encounter with violence—has become omnipresent in America’s narratives of war, an imaginary solution to the contradictions of American political hegemony. In Total Mobilization, Roy Scranton cuts through the fog of trauma that obscures World War II, uncovering a lost history and reframing the way we
... Read more
What Future

The Year's Best Ideas to Reclaim, Reanimate & Reinvent Our Future

Edited by Roy Scranton, Torie Bosch ...

The future is here and, frankly, it sucks. Without doubt, our culture is at a crossroads. Political strife and economic crises are byproducts of a larger looming challenge, one in which we will have to ask ourselves what constitutes a meaningful life. We must do the hard work of imagining a different kind of reality for ourselves. It's work that anticipates the worst but sees hope on the other ... Read more

$13.69 USD

The future is here and, frankly, it sucks. Without doubt, our culture is at a crossroads. Political strife and economic crises are byproducts of a larger looming challenge, one in which we will have to ask ourselves what constitutes a meaningful life. We must do the hard work of imagining a different kind of reality for ourselves. It's work that anticipates the worst but sees hope on the other
... Read more
Fire and Forget

Short Stories from the Long War

by Siobhan Fallon ...

An anthology of "searing stories from the war zones of Afghanistan, Iraq, and the USA by warrior writers" (E. L. Doctorow)."I laughed, shouted, and cried while reading this kaleidoscopic collection. So many facets of war and the people who do our fighting are covered here. Fire and Forget is a literary history of this latest period of American wars. It's a profound a telling work of art." ... Read more

$12.99 USD

An anthology of "searing stories from the war zones of Afghanistan, Iraq, and the USA by warrior writers" (E. L. Doctorow)."I laughed, shouted, and cried while reading this kaleidoscopic collection. So many facets of war and the people who do our fighting are covered here. Fire and Forget is a literary history of this latest period of American wars. It's a profound a telling work of art."
... Read more
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We're Doomed. Now What?

Essays on War and Climate Change

by Roy Scranton ...

Narrated by Kevin T. Collins ...

Unabridged

13 hours 37 min

The time we've been thrown into is one of alarming and bewildering change—the breakup of the post-1945 global order, a multispecies mass extinction, and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. Not one of us is innocent, not one of us is safe. Now what?We're Doomed, Now What? addresses the crisis that is our time through a series of brilliant, moving, and original essays on climate ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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The time we've been thrown into is one of alarming and bewildering change—the breakup of the post-1945 global order, a multispecies mass extinction, and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. Not one of us is innocent, not one of us is safe. Now what?We're Doomed, Now What? addresses the crisis that is our time through a series of brilliant, moving, and original essays on climate
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Impasse

Climate Change and the Limits of Progress

by Roy Scranton ...

Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

Unabridged

11 hours 29 min

A Next Big Idea Club "Must Read" for August 2025!Extreme heat, fires, floods, and storms are transforming our planet. Yet we get increasing emissions, divisive politics, and ersatz solutions that offer more of the same: more capitalism, more complexity, more "progress."The impasse we face is not only political and institutional, but cognitive, existential, and narrative. We're incapable of ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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A Next Big Idea Club "Must Read" for August 2025!Extreme heat, fires, floods, and storms are transforming our planet. Yet we get increasing emissions, divisive politics, and ersatz solutions that offer more of the same: more capitalism, more complexity, more "progress."The impasse we face is not only political and institutional, but cognitive, existential, and narrative. We're incapable of
... Read more

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Audiobook

I Heart Oklahoma!

by Roy Scranton ...

Narrated by Rebecca Gibel ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

Roy Scranton, controversial and critically acclaimed, brings us a formally daring road trip into the heart of present-day America.Suzie's seen it all, but now she's looking for something she lost: a sense of the future. So when the chance comes to work with a maverick video artist on his road movie about Donald Trump's America, she's pretty sure it's a bad idea but she signs up anyway, hoping for ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Roy Scranton, controversial and critically acclaimed, brings us a formally daring road trip into the heart of present-day America.Suzie's seen it all, but now she's looking for something she lost: a sense of the future. So when the chance comes to work with a maverick video artist on his road movie about Donald Trump's America, she's pretty sure it's a bad idea but she signs up anyway, hoping for
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

War Porn

by Roy Scranton ...

Narrated by Brian Hutchison ...

Unabridged

7 hours 48 min

The term "war porn" refers to videos and images brought back from combat zones. IED explosions, air strikes, firefights, images of death and gore largely shorn of context, at times even evidence of potential war crimes (most famously, the photos of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib). "War porn" is also, in Scranton's searing debut, a metaphor for the fragmentation and confusion of modern combat, the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

The term "war porn" refers to videos and images brought back from combat zones. IED explosions, air strikes, firefights, images of death and gore largely shorn of context, at times even evidence of potential war crimes (most famously, the photos of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib). "War porn" is also, in Scranton's searing debut, a metaphor for the fragmentation and confusion of modern combat, the
... Read more

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