Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Climate Fiction Book Club is a monthly book club that will read and discuss fiction to explore imagined futures of the climate crisis.
This month will be a discussion of The Deluge by Stephen Markley. In 2013 California, environmental scientist Tony Pietrus, after receiving a death threat, is linked to a colorful cast of characters, including a brazen young activist who, in the mountains of Wyoming, begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come.
About the presenter: Sarah Outterson-Murphy has a PhD in English and teaches high school in Cedar Rapids. She lives in Iowa City with her family and her prairie garden.
Reserve a copy of the book using the registration link or visit the Info Desk on the Library’s second floor. Participants do not need to register to attend.
Cosponsored by City of Iowa City Climate Action & Outreach, Green Iowa Americorps, and the Iowa City Public Library.
Iowa City Public Library Iowa City Public Library America/Chicago publicMeeting Room D
Registration is closed.
Climate Fiction Book Club is a monthly book club that will read and discuss fiction to explore imagined futures of the climate crisis.
This month will be a discussion of The Deluge by Stephen Markley. In 2013 California, environmental scientist Tony Pietrus, after receiving a death threat, is linked to a colorful cast of characters, including a brazen young activist who, in the mountains of Wyoming, begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come.
About the presenter: Sarah Outterson-Murphy has a PhD in English and teaches high school in Cedar Rapids. She lives in Iowa City with her family and her prairie garden.
Reserve a copy of the book using the registration link or visit the Info Desk on the Library’s second floor. Participants do not need to register to attend.
Cosponsored by City of Iowa City Climate Action & Outreach, Green Iowa Americorps, and the Iowa City Public Library.
If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.
This event is open to the public.
