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When book clubs become overwhelmed by extinction narratives

Our book club picked a climate fiction novel six months ago and we still meet but nobody wants to discuss it anymore because every conversation becomes this spiral about real extinction and we've lost our ability to engage with stories about it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Fictional exploration of crisis becomes impossible when reality feels too immediate to process through story.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The sixth extinction — examined?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.