"Save Yourself"

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Title"Save Yourself"
Year for Search2019
AuthorsOtis, Abbey Mei(b. 1989)
Secondary TitleMcSweeney’s 58. 2040 A.D.
Volume / Edition58
Pagination146-69
Date Published2019
PublisherMcSweeney’s 58. 2040 A.D.
Place PublishedSan Francisco, CA
KeywordsAsian American author, US author
Annotation

The story is set in the state of Ohio in the U.S. where US climate change immigrants from the coasts are being shipped with hundreds arriving every day and the settlements set up to receive them are unable to provide for such numbers. The resettlement companies bought more and more land, cities became gated communities for the well off, many foods were no longer available, and water was rationed.

Info Notes

The authors of the stories were each “assigned a specific climate event mentioned” in the 2018 UN climate report collaborating with experts recommended by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) who “provide a scientific backbone” for the stories while giving the writers free rein to determine how closely they adhered to that science” (6-7). The Introduction to the volume (7-12) is by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Chief Program Officer of the NDRC.

Illustration

Illus. Wesley Allsbrook
Holding Institutions

PSt, PU
Author Note

The Asian American female author is also known as Otis Mei Chung.
Full Text

2019 Otis, Abbey Mei. “Save Yourself.” Illus. Wesley Allsbrook. 2040 A.D. McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern 58 (Winter 2019): 147-169. PSt, PU

The story is set in the state of Ohio in the U.S. where US climate change immigrants from the coasts are being shipped with hundreds arriving every day and the settlements set up to receive them are unable to provide for such numbers. The resettlement companies bought more and more land, cities became gated communities for the well off, many foods were no longer available, and water was rationed. The authors of the stories were each “assigned a specific climate event mentioned” in the 2018 UN climate report collaborating with experts recommended by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) who “provide a scientific backbone” for the stories while giving the writers free rein to determine how closely they adhered to that science” (6-7). The Introduction to the volume (7-12) is by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Chief Program Officer of the NDRC. The Asian American female author is also known as Otis Mei Chung.