Call for Submissions — Adaptation

As Yogi Berra noted, it’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.  “Science and economics have no real way to value the fact that people have lived for millennia in a certain rhythm,” says Bill McKibben in his latest book, Falter, “have eaten the food and sung the songs of certain places that are now disappearing. This is a cost only art can measure, and it makes sense that the units of that measurement are sadness and fury — and also, remarkably, hope.”

For this issue, we seek poetry, stories, and essays that recognize and respond to how the reality of adaptation will affect our perceptions and worldview—ideological, environmental, political, scientific, societal, global. We seek writing that starts the conversation about this new world order as we are coming to know it.  As Canary editor Gail Entrekin shares so eloquently in an article  about the impact of art: “I believe that there are other occasional readers who are just now receiving this news in a visceral way that argument and scientific information have not been able to impart.” Share a piece that exemplifies a cause you are passionate about. Remind readers of the simple things that freedom ensures. Pay attention to the details of a thriving society. A solid civilization and vibrant community look to art for their inspiration.