Living with Climate Change in the Forests of Our Burning World
How do I raise a child to love a world that may be dying, to live with compassion in the midst of what could very well be despair?
Miranda Schmidt is a writer, editor, and teacher whose work has appeared in TriQuarterly, The Collagist, Electric Literature, Orion, Phoebe, and other journals. Read more at mirandaschmidt.com and @mirandarschmidt
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