Book Discussion, "Altar to an Erupting Sun" with author Chuck Collins

118 Elliot Street,Brattleboro VT 05301

11 May, 2023

Description

Everyone’s Books and 118 Elliot hold the last of a three-part Climate Book Series with a "provocative book, dangerous in the way it makes us think hard about what we might need to do to save Earth’s biosphere" (Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Ministry for the Future): Altar to an Erupting Sun by Chuck Collins. Doors open at 6:00, talk at 6:30. Free and open to the public, though donations are greatly appreciated. ABOUT THE BOOK Altar to an Erupting Sun is a near-future story of one community facing climate disruption in the critical decade ahead. Rae Kelliher is a veteran environmental activist and pioneer in the death-with-dignity movement. Facing a diagnosis of terminal illness, she engages in a shocking suicide murder, taking the life of an oil company CEO for his role in delaying responses to climate disruption. Seven years later, Rae’s friends and family gather at her Vermont farm community to try to understand her violent exit and the rapid social transformations around them. PRAISE “A fascinating look at movements and the people who make them up, in the spirit of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future.” —Bill McKibben, Schuman Distinguished Scholar, Middlebury College, Founder of 350.org and the author of The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon “This novel is indeed a gift to our remembrance and inspiration for our future. Collins tells a story of a movement, or movements, which need to be told. I know these stories, love them, and have lived many of them with characters bigger than life, more courageous than any heroes of the past, and a commitment to Mother Earth.” —Winona LaDuke, Honor the Earth, author of All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chuck Collins is a campaigner and storyteller who has worked for decades on environmental and economic justice campaigns. He is the Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies where he co-edits Inequality.org. He is co-founder of DivestInvest.org, a global movement to divest from fossil fuels and invest in climate solutions, a trustee of the Post-Carbon Institute and Resilience.org, and a founding board member of the Patriotic Millionaires. His 2021 book, The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions, is about the wealth-hiding industry (Polity). He is the author of the popular book, Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good (Chelsea Green) and, with Bill Gates Sr., Wealth and Our Commonwealth (Beacon Press), a case for taxing inherited fortunes. ABOUT THE HOSTS II8 Elliot is a modern, multipurpose environment for the creative arts, educational talks, and personal events for up to 220 people. It is a fully ADA accessible space in the heart of downtown Brattleboro. This unique, flexible space has a 2,000 sq. ft. main room and a smaller conference room or backstage which allows for easy transitions between presentations to social events. Our large outdoor area is also perfect for concerts, film and any kind of social gathering. Everyone's Books is a family-owned independent bookstore specializing in books about social change, the environment, and multicultural children’s books. Many of their books are by original, creative, and progressive authors. Located in downtown Brattleboro, they are committed to providing a friendly, personal place where folks can come to shop, meet, rant about right-wing government, nurse a baby, or learn something new. **IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND BUT WOULD STILL LIKE A COPY, PLEASE CONTACT EVERYONE'S BOOKS AT 802-254-8160**