fiction/non/fiction23 Jan 2025

S8 Ep. 17: Sarah S. Grossman on the Los Angeles Wildfires

Novelist and former Huffington Post climate reporter Sarah S. Grossman joins Fiction/Non/Fiction co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about the Los Angeles wildfires. Grossman, who lives in Los Angeles and whose 2024 novel A Fire So Wild centers on a wildfire in Northern California, discusses how communities are coming together to support each other in the wake of the devastation. She reflects on the damage to the historically Black neighborhood of Altadena; the fact that people are differently affected by climate change, even as wealth cannot completely shield anyone; the factors that contributed to the wildfires; and what it is like to prepare to evacuate, or, alternatively, to offer shelter to others. Grossman reads from A Fire So Wild.

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This podcast is produced by Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan.

Selected Readings:

Sarah S. Grossman

A Fire So Wild
The Antidote To Climate Dread | HuffPost Impact | The Huffington Post | Aug 25, 2021
More Americans Than Ever Understand Climate Change Is Real And Harmful | HuffPost Impact | The Huffington Post | Nov 18, 2021
Nearly 30% Of Americans Aren't Worried 'At All' About The Deadly Climate Crisis | The Huffington Post | April 19, 2022

Others:

New wildfire concerns in Los Angeles: Strong winds could return next week. | USA Today

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