Hello friends! In this episode, I chat with Renan Bernardo about how grief weaves through many of his stories, but that, for him, writing solarpunk means bringing readers from those dark depths to a brighter place.
LINKS Ep. 6: Exploring Grief in Climate Ficiton with Author Renan Bernardo
* Virtual Author Panel on Hopepunk (Susan Kaye Quinn, T.K. Rex, Renan Bernardo, Brianna Castognozzi, Watertown Library, Jan 2023)
* A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair by Renan Bernardo (Samovar Magazine, February 2023)
* A Shoreline of Oil and Infinity by Renan Bernardo (Escape Pod #863)
* When It's Time to Harvest by Renan Bernardo (Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors)
* Look to the Sky, My Love by Renan Bernardo (Solarpunk Magazine #1, Nominated for a Utopia Award)
* Different Kinds of Defiance by Renan Bernardo, Short Story Collection (Android Press) including The River that Passed Through My Life (originally published in Portuguese by Editora Dame Blanche)
* Eight Steps to Steal a Yacht and Build a Hospital by Renan Bernardo (Solarpunk Magazine #8)
* by Kelsea Yu (Clarkesworld)
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