news | Friday October 14, 2022

Review of “A History of the Theories of Rain” in Prairie Fire Magazine

Environmentalist poetry collection A History of the Theories of Rain by Stephen Collis was reviewed by Jody Baltessen in Prairie Fire Magazine! Tackling the present and looming threat of climate change, Collis’ 2021 poetry book is an evergreen exploration of one of our largest and most pressing societal anxieties and how it affects our relationship to time.

From the Baltessen’s review:

“The disquiet…that mitigation and adaptation may be inadequate, that climate change cannot be solved by science or economics—is present throughout the book. It surfaces in the specifics of language Collis uses to invoke lives lived, eras folding one over the other, the beautiful and the profane. All of it, all of us, facing an uncertain future in a world hurtling toward a tipping point.”

Read the complete review here.