Roy Scranton
@royscranton.bsky.social
Learning to die. Latest book IMPASSE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF PROGRESS. Teaches at Notre Dame.
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Roy Scranton
@royscranton.bsky.social
· Aug 5
Impasse | Stanford University Press
A Next Big Idea Club "Must Read" for August 2025!We need a new realism in the face of global climate catastrophe.Extreme heat, fires, floods, and storms are transforming our planet. Yet instead of ser...
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I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
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they’re forcing kids to read “the caine mutiny,” because of wouk
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
they’re forcing kids to read “the caine mutiny,” because of wouk
Excited to talk about climate change, pessimism, and my new book IMPASSE tonight at The New School, with with Jay Bernstein and Joel Towers.
Come out New York!
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Come out New York!
event.newschool.edu/arnholdforum...
event.newschool.edu
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Excited to talk about climate change, pessimism, and my new book IMPASSE tonight at The New School, with with Jay Bernstein and Joel Towers.
Come out New York!
event.newschool.edu/arnholdforum...
Come out New York!
event.newschool.edu/arnholdforum...
I'll be talking about IMPASSE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF PROGRESS in NYC next Thursday, November 13, @thenewschool.bsky.social, with Jay Bernstein and Joel Towers. Register below.
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event.newschool.edu/arnholdforum...
event.newschool.edu
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I'll be talking about IMPASSE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF PROGRESS in NYC next Thursday, November 13, @thenewschool.bsky.social, with Jay Bernstein and Joel Towers. Register below.
event.newschool.edu/arnholdforum...
event.newschool.edu/arnholdforum...
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Here’s the way to think about climate change that I learned from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social:
We’re creating an increasingly chaotic and dangerous world, sending our children and grandchildren there, and they’re never coming back.
We’re creating an increasingly chaotic and dangerous world, sending our children and grandchildren there, and they’re never coming back.
October 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Here’s the way to think about climate change that I learned from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social:
We’re creating an increasingly chaotic and dangerous world, sending our children and grandchildren there, and they’re never coming back.
We’re creating an increasingly chaotic and dangerous world, sending our children and grandchildren there, and they’re never coming back.
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🌊 TONIGHT 10/21, 7pm PT, @royscranton.bsky.social with Mark Greif
Discussing Scranton's new work,
IMPASSE: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
Join us in the bookstore, or register for the livestream here: citylights.com/events/roy-s...
Discussing Scranton's new work,
IMPASSE: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
Join us in the bookstore, or register for the livestream here: citylights.com/events/roy-s...
October 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🌊 TONIGHT 10/21, 7pm PT, @royscranton.bsky.social with Mark Greif
Discussing Scranton's new work,
IMPASSE: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
Join us in the bookstore, or register for the livestream here: citylights.com/events/roy-s...
Discussing Scranton's new work,
IMPASSE: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
Join us in the bookstore, or register for the livestream here: citylights.com/events/roy-s...
Hey San Francisco! Join me tomorrow night @citylightsbooks.bsky.social to talk about IMPASSE, civilizational collapse, climate change, and pessimism with Mark Greif.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hey San Francisco! Join me tomorrow night @citylightsbooks.bsky.social to talk about IMPASSE, civilizational collapse, climate change, and pessimism with Mark Greif.
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"The question is not how to avert the end, but how to live ethically through it."
Great short review of IMPASSE in @thetls.bsky.social from Rhoda Feng.
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Great short review of IMPASSE in @thetls.bsky.social from Rhoda Feng.
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
In the face of collapse
In Impasse: Climate change and the limits of progress, Roy Scranton dispenses with the pieties of climate discourse – hope, innovation and “net zero”
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October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"The question is not how to avert the end, but how to live ethically through it."
Great short review of IMPASSE in @thetls.bsky.social from Rhoda Feng.
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
Great short review of IMPASSE in @thetls.bsky.social from Rhoda Feng.
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
Hey Portland! I'll be at Powell's Books tomorrow night talking about IMPASSE and climate change with Omar El Akkad. Come on out.
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Roy Scranton in Conversation with Omar El Akkad
The Legendary Independent Bookstore
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October 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hey Portland! I'll be at Powell's Books tomorrow night talking about IMPASSE and climate change with Omar El Akkad. Come on out.
www.powells.com/events/roy-s...
www.powells.com/events/roy-s...
"A dune is never just a dune."
Very pleased to have this piece on the Indiana dunes, nature writing, and metaphysics up @emergencemagazine.bsky.social.
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Very pleased to have this piece on the Indiana dunes, nature writing, and metaphysics up @emergencemagazine.bsky.social.
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Strange New World – Roy Scranton
Looking beyond the flat, familiar landscape of his home in South Bend, Indiana, Roy Scranton lets himself be changed by the hidden histories and depths beneath its surface, so that the land may become...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"A dune is never just a dune."
Very pleased to have this piece on the Indiana dunes, nature writing, and metaphysics up @emergencemagazine.bsky.social.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/strang...
Very pleased to have this piece on the Indiana dunes, nature writing, and metaphysics up @emergencemagazine.bsky.social.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/strang...
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Roy Scranton in conversation with Omar El Akkad
Powell's City of Books
Thursday, October 16th
7:00 PM
"What emerges is a challenging but ultimately hopeful proposition: if we have the courage to accept our limits, we may find a way to embrace our unknowable future."
Powell's City of Books
Thursday, October 16th
7:00 PM
"What emerges is a challenging but ultimately hopeful proposition: if we have the courage to accept our limits, we may find a way to embrace our unknowable future."
Roy Scranton in Conversation with Omar El Akkad
The Legendary Independent Bookstore
www.powells.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Roy Scranton in conversation with Omar El Akkad
Powell's City of Books
Thursday, October 16th
7:00 PM
"What emerges is a challenging but ultimately hopeful proposition: if we have the courage to accept our limits, we may find a way to embrace our unknowable future."
Powell's City of Books
Thursday, October 16th
7:00 PM
"What emerges is a challenging but ultimately hopeful proposition: if we have the courage to accept our limits, we may find a way to embrace our unknowable future."
Hey Chicago! I'm at @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social at 4pm tonight to talk about climate change, narrative, and IMPASSE with Keith Makato Woodhouse. Come out!
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Roy Scranton - "Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress" - Keith Woodhouse | Seminary Co-op Bookstores
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October 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Hey Chicago! I'm at @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social at 4pm tonight to talk about climate change, narrative, and IMPASSE with Keith Makato Woodhouse. Come out!
www.semcoop.com/event/roy-sc...
www.semcoop.com/event/roy-sc...
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TUESDAY, 10/21, 7PM PT— We hope you join us in celebrating the publication of @royscranton.bsky.social's Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social.
For full event details: citylights.com/events/roy-s...
For full event details: citylights.com/events/roy-s...
October 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
TUESDAY, 10/21, 7PM PT— We hope you join us in celebrating the publication of @royscranton.bsky.social's Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social.
For full event details: citylights.com/events/roy-s...
For full event details: citylights.com/events/roy-s...
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Tomorrow Monday Oct 6, we’ll be talking to @royscranton.bsky.social about Impasse: Climate Change & the Limits of Progress on the @greenhouseuis.net book talk.
Join us for the live discussion at 4pm Central European time / 10am Eastern
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Join us for the live discussion at 4pm Central European time / 10am Eastern
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
October 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tomorrow Monday Oct 6, we’ll be talking to @royscranton.bsky.social about Impasse: Climate Change & the Limits of Progress on the @greenhouseuis.net book talk.
Join us for the live discussion at 4pm Central European time / 10am Eastern
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Join us for the live discussion at 4pm Central European time / 10am Eastern
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
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Misunderstood Malthus
The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom and gloom has lessons for today.
By: Roy Scranton
daily.jstor.org/misunderstoo...
Malthus at PG:
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#books #economy
The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom and gloom has lessons for today.
By: Roy Scranton
daily.jstor.org/misunderstoo...
Malthus at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #economy
September 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Misunderstood Malthus
The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom and gloom has lessons for today.
By: Roy Scranton
daily.jstor.org/misunderstoo...
Malthus at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #economy
The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom and gloom has lessons for today.
By: Roy Scranton
daily.jstor.org/misunderstoo...
Malthus at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #economy
Episode 26: The One Where I Can't Remember the Word for Wojack
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Episode 26: Roy Scranton – “Publishing at the End of the World (No New Kaiju)” — Index for Continuance
Join us for a heartening discussion of Where It’s All Going and Why There’s Not A Lot of Good Reason to Believe It’s Going to Turn Out Well. Sounds like another publishing conversation, right? Close, ...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Episode 26: The One Where I Can't Remember the Word for Wojack
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Hey Princeton! I'll be talking with Andrew Cole about IMPASSE this Thursday at Labyrinth Books. It's gonna be great.
www.labyrinthbooks.com/events/roy-s...
www.labyrinthbooks.com/events/roy-s...
Roy Scranton in conversation with Andrew Cole:
Thurs 9/18 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Roy Scranton discusses his new book Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress with Andrew Cole
Extreme heat, fires, floods, and storms ...
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September 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hey Princeton! I'll be talking with Andrew Cole about IMPASSE this Thursday at Labyrinth Books. It's gonna be great.
www.labyrinthbooks.com/events/roy-s...
www.labyrinthbooks.com/events/roy-s...
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Review: Impasse by Roy Scranton www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
Review: Impasse by Roy Scranton
Impasse succeeds in its aim of candidly assessing our planetary predicament and offering a realistic, ethical way forward. Its achievement lies not in offering solutions—since Scranton persuasively ar...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Review: Impasse by Roy Scranton www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
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📅 Weds. 9/10 @ 7PM: We welcome Roy Scranton for a discussion of his latest book "Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress", in which he argues we must free ourselves from our dangerous & dogmatic faith in progress. He will be joined by Professor Naomi Oreskes. Learn more: buff.ly/Qupjeae
September 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📅 Weds. 9/10 @ 7PM: We welcome Roy Scranton for a discussion of his latest book "Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress", in which he argues we must free ourselves from our dangerous & dogmatic faith in progress. He will be joined by Professor Naomi Oreskes. Learn more: buff.ly/Qupjeae
Hey Boston! I'll be discussing IMPASSE with the brilliant Naomi Oreskes at Harvard Book Store tomorrow night at 7pm. Come out!
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September 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hey Boston! I'll be discussing IMPASSE with the brilliant Naomi Oreskes at Harvard Book Store tomorrow night at 7pm. Come out!
www.harvard.com/event/roy-sc...
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I feel seen.
me thinking about if any one of a thousand counterfactual historical scenarios could have saved us:
#ethicalpessimism @royscranton.bsky.social
#ethicalpessimism @royscranton.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I feel seen.
"Its achievement lies not in offering solutions... but in clarifying the nature of the bind we are in and offering a way to live meaningfully within it."
Great review of IMPASSE from @stanfordpress.bsky.social at Resilience.org.
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
Great review of IMPASSE from @stanfordpress.bsky.social at Resilience.org.
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Its achievement lies not in offering solutions... but in clarifying the nature of the bind we are in and offering a way to live meaningfully within it."
Great review of IMPASSE from @stanfordpress.bsky.social at Resilience.org.
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
Great review of IMPASSE from @stanfordpress.bsky.social at Resilience.org.
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
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(NB: IMPASSE is available for 50% off on our website for just a few more days: www.sup.org/books/litera...)
September 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
(NB: IMPASSE is available for 50% off on our website for just a few more days: www.sup.org/books/litera...)