Climate change is here. This book moves beyond misery and misunderstanding, taking a literary approach to the debate. is a unique assemblage of scientific fact, newspaper reports, and excerpts from novels, short stories, nonfiction, history, creative nonfiction, and poetry—a commonplace book for our era of altering climate. This polyphony of voices functions as an oratorio, shifting from chorus to solo and back to chorus. An unconventional and brilliant book, is both timely and pertinent—an original gaze at this melting ball we call home.