Meltwater by Claire Wahmanholm—a 2025 Science + Literature Selected Title—shows at once the fragility, devastation, and beauty of our world and humans’ existence on it. Join Wahmanholm for a reading and conversation on eco-poetics as inspiration and rallying cry.

Moderated by Donika Kelly, author of The Renunciations and Bestiary.

Presented in partnership with the University of California, Riverside, in collaboration with the Department of Creative Writing, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Writers Week, and the School of Medicine’s Medical Health & Humanities Designated Emphasis.