Join this discussion about the power of fiction in envisioning the future of climate disruption and the possibilities of social movements. Join Chuck Collins, author of the new novel, Altar to an Erupting Sun, in conversation with climate activist Liz Butler from Movement Catalyst and IPS Executive Director and award-winning novelist, Tope Folarin. In Altar to an Erupting Sun, Rae Kelliher is a veteran environmental activist and pioneer in the death-with-dignity movement. Her husband Reggie calls her “party in a box” and “a weaver of people and movements.” Facing a diagnosis of terminal illness, Rae engages in a shocking suicide-murder, taking the life of an oil company CEO for his complicity in delaying responses to climate catastrophe. Seven years later, Rae’s friends and family gather at her Vermont farm to try to understand her violent exit and the rapid social transformations triggered by her desperate act. This program is the second in a series of book events by the Institute for Policy Studies (directed by Tope Folarin), the Wallace Global Fund, (directed by Ellen Dorsey), and Busboys and Poets (founded and owned by Andy Shallal) to engage authors and social movement leaders on the connections between their writings and social movement’s action and advocacy for peace, justice, and the environment. This event is also co-hosted by the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center. In-person, a reception and book signing will follow the discussion. Please RSVP. The event will be live streamed via Busboys and Poets' Facebook and YouTube.