Tuesday, July 31, 2018

In appreciation of Amy Brady's hard work on boosting the fortunes of the cli-fi genre through her monthly cli-fi column and her podcasts and forum appearances, an appreciation....



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In appreciation of Amy Brady's hard work on boosting the fortunes of the cli-fi genre through her monthly cli-fi column and her podcasts and forum appearances, an appreciation...with a hat tip to her partner Village Voice film critic Alan Scherstuhl, a native of Kansas City and a graduate of the Annenberg School at the University of South California in Los Angeles, class of 2011.

 Amy, native of Topeka, Kansas, has a PHD in Literature, received in 2013 from UMass-Amherst, with a Phd thesis titled "Staging the Depression:The Federal Theater Project's Drama of Poverty 1935-1939."

 She also has a Masters degree from the Univeristy of Missouri - Kansas City. Her day job is as a manager of the grants and development at a major college in Manhattan. She and Alan got married in Topeka, Kansas in 2012. They are now a power couple in literary and cinema circles in New York. Bravo!

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[Friday, August 24, 2018] THIS IS WHAT LED TO THE LAUNCHING OF THE BURNING WORLDS COLUMN:


A blast from the past: Amy Brady interviews Allegra Hyde in 2016 before she started the ''BURNING WORLDS'' monthly column re the rise of cli-fi : this interview took place in November 2016


Allegra Hyde: I’m guessing “cli-fi” is here to stay. What will be interesting to watch, however, is how this kind of fiction evolves alongside our rapidly changing world. Is climate-fiction going to become more and more darkly dystopic? Or is it going to serve as a vehicle for imagining solutions?
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  1. AnonymousAugust 25, 2018 at 9:51 PM

    Dramybrady
    Monday, Oct 24, 2016,




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    Hi Dan, I'm so happy to hear that people are writing about and listening to each other about these kinds of narratives! That's very exciting. Yes, I'm working on an essay about the topic right now. I'll bring it to your attention if/when I place it.



    Thanks for reaching out to me and bringing your work to my attention! I'll be following your ideas on twitter and on your blog.



    Amy



    Amy Brady in an interviwe in 2016 a few months before her ''Burning Worlds'' cli-fi column in CBR launched: What do you make of the recent spate of climate fiction (or “cli-fi”) that’s emerged in recent years? Do you think it’s a bona fide new genre of literature or a fleeting trend? Or something else?

    Allegra Hyde: I’m guessing “cli-fi” is here to stay. What will be interesting to watch, however, is how this kind of fiction evolves alongside our rapidly changing world. Is climate-fiction going to become more and more darkly dystopic? Or is it going to serve as a vehicle for imagining solutions?



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    Hi Dan! I hope this finds you well!



    I'm writing with some good news for cli-fi and with a request. Next month, I'm launching a column at the Chicago Review of Books dedicated to cli-fi. I'll use the platform to conduct interviews, review recent releases in cli-fi, and discuss important conversations about the genre had by you and our colleagues in the field.



    To start things off right, I'd love to run an interview with you. Would you be interested? If so, I would prefer to conduct the interview via email, if that's okay with you. It would ensure that all quotes are accurately captured.



    Thanks for your consideration, Dan! I love all that you do!



    Amy



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    Hi Dan,

    Just saw the piece about you on LitHub and wanted to introduce myself. I work for a film/tv producer in NYC, and one of my jobs is scouting books and articles that would be great for adaptation. I’ve been wanting to find some good cli-fi to consider, perhaps you could assist me in this search as getting impactful stories to the screen seems to be your passion! If you could point me in the direction of recently published works that you’re most excited about, or know about unpublished stories in the manuscript stage, I’d love to know about them. Or if you’d be able to put me in touch with literary agents who are working in this space, or authors with works in progress, that would be excellent.

    One recent book that I loved that I think falls somewhat in the cli-fi genre is Aaron Thier’s MR. ETERNITY. Have you read it? Would be very challenging to adapt because of it’s structure, but it excites me nonetheless.

    Thanks for all the hard work you’ve put in in promoting this topic, I’m sure it will pay off some day soon!

    Best,

    OLIVER MONDAY



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    Amazing, Dan! Thanks for letting me know just how sought after you are :)



    I'll have questions for you soon, promise!



    Amy

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    Dramybrady

    Fri, Apr 14, 2017, 1:28 PM


    Hi friend, saw your response on twitter too. I'm sorry this happened. Thank you for taking it so well. That's really good of you. You're lucky to be in Taiwan and far away from Trump's
    USA! -- AMY



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