Rundown

In this episode, Mexie speaks with Tory Stephens, founder of Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors. Imagine 2200 is a climate fiction initiative at Grist magazine which showcases stories from authors from around the globe that are all in the visionary fiction genre (Afrofuturism, Indigenous futurism, solarpunk, etc.), providing inspiration on how we might get to a sustainable, reciprocal, and just world. We dig into all things visionary fiction, including its political significance and how crucial it is to decolonize our imaginations and reclaim our radical creativity to craft solutions for this current historical moment. Check out the short climate fiction stories using the link below! They are also available as audiobooks via Curio.

Sources and Links

* Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors: https://grist.org/fix/series/imagine-2200-climate-fiction/

* Tory Stephens, How Imagine 2200 Came to Life: https://grist.org/fix/climate-fiction/how-imagine-2200-climate-fiction-contest-came-to-life/

* First Clip, Featured Story – A Seance in the Anthropocene: https://grist.org/fix/arts-culture/imagine-2200-climate-fiction-seance-in-the-anthropocene/

* Second Clip, Featured Story – Canvas – Wax – Moon: https://grist.org/fix/advocacy/imagine-2200-climate-fiction-canvas-wax-moon/

* Third Clip, Featured Story – Broken From the Colony: https://grist.org/fix/arts-culture/imagine-2200-climate-fiction-broken-from-the-colony/

* Fourth Clip, Featured Story – El, The Plastotrophs, and Me: https://grist.org/fix/arts-culture/imagine-2200-climate-fiction-el-the-plastotrophs-and-me/

* Meet the Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction Competition Winner: https://climate-fiction.org/2021/09/28/meet-the-imagine-2200-climate-fiction-competition-winner/

* Video – Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors (Interviews with Authors): https://youtu.be/3EozXWSZDCs

* Too Dystopian For Whom? A Continental Nigerian Writer’s Perspective: https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/too-dystopian-for-whom-a-continental-nigerian-writers-perspective/

* Solarpunk Magazine: https://solarpunkmagazine.com/

* World Weaver Press, Multispecies Cities: https://www.worldweaverpress.com/store/p176/Multispecies_Cities.html

* Octavia’s Brood: https://www.akpress.org/octavia-s-brood.html

* Tory Stephens on Twitter: https://twitter.com/torystephens