WMRA Books & Brews, April 11, 2023 – Solastalgia

WMRA’s April 2023 Books & Brews features Paul Bogard, discussing his book, Solastalgia: An Anthology of Emotion in a Disappearing World.

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 7pm.

Live at Pale Fire Brewing Company and available later on WMRA’s Youtube Channel and on Facebook.

Signed copies of, “Solastalgia” will be available at the event and online at Stone Soup Books.

WMRA’s Books & Brews is made possible thanks to our series sponsor, Gaines Group Architects. The Gaines Group has offices in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg.

About Solastalgia: One of the penalties of an ecological education,” wrote Aldo Leopold, “is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.” As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. Solastalgia explores this feeling with companionship, inspiration, and advice.

The concept of solastalgia comes from the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht, who describes it as “the homesickness we feel while still at home.” It’s the pain and longing we feel as we realize the world immediately around us is changing, with our love for that world serving as a catalyst for action on its behalf.

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About Paul Bogard: Paul Bogard is the author of The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light, a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. His most recent works include the edited anthology Solastalgia: An Anthology of Emotion in a Disappearing World, the coffee table book To Know a Starry Night, and the children’s book What if Night? Paul is an associate professor of English at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA, where he teaches environmental literature and writing.