Amy Brady

Environmental Writer & Historian


Selected Writing

Essays:

“The History of Human-made Ice” in Discover

“Why flammable ice could be the energy savior we’ve been looking for” in The Big Think

“Climate-Friendly Cocktail Recipes Go Light on Ice” in Scientific American

“The Communities Losing Ground to Climate Change” in the New Republic

“The American Road Song is Changing with the Climate” in Catapult

“Encountering Beauty and the Effects of Climate Change in Acadia National Park” in Catapult

Guest edited the “Climate Fiction” special issue for Guernica

“The Sun Goes Down in the West” in the Awl

“A Thin-Skinned, Moody Martinet Threatens the Free Press: On Richard Kluger’s ‘Indelible Ink’” in Los Angeles Review of Books

“The Climate Crisis Is Mind-Boggling. That’s Why We Need Science Fiction.” in In These Times

“‘Ants of God’ — Novelists make climate change personal and capture wonders of warming planet” in the Houston Chronicle

“Is Topeka the Most Poetic City in America?” in Literary Hub

Profiles:

Profile of Helen Macdonald in InsiderHook

Profile of Suzan Lori-Parks in The Village Voice

Reviews & Interviews

Reviews of climate novels for O, the Oprah Magazine

“Burning Worlds” column for the Chicago Review of Books

Interview with Norman Mailer’s biographer for The Village Voice

Interview with Dan Brown for The Dallas Morning News

Interview with Roxane Gay in the Chicago Review of Books