New book deal for Gates Cambridge Scholar

  • July 20, 2024
New book deal for Gates Cambridge Scholar

Stephen Lezak has just signed a deal to write a book on Indigenous climate justice, based on his PhD.

A Gates Cambridge Scholar has signed a deal to write a book on Indigenous climate justice.

The Longest Night will be published by Atria Books, part of Simon & Schuster, and was selected as the deal of the day by Publishers Marketplace earlier this week.

Described as “a stunning exploration of the High North and of its Indigenous communities who are already living in the future, those for whom climate change isn’t speculation, and for whom not surviving was never an option”, it is based on Stephen’s research in Alaskan Native Village in partnership with the Tribal Councils of the Native Villages of Gambell and Shaktoolik. It proposes alternatives to current Western anxieties about climate apocalypse.

The book is based on Stephen’s PhD research in Polar Studies which focused on Indigenous communities in the Arctic, the world’s fastest-warming region.

Stephen [2019] is a prolific writer and his essays, reporting and research have appeared in several academic journals and edited books as well as The New York Times, The New Republic, Emergence, Grist, The Independent, Alaska Public Media, High Country News, Colorado Public Radio, and The Arizona Republic. His research has been covered by The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Al Jazeera, The Times (UK), and translated into Spanish, Arabic, Mongolian, Icelandic and Indonesian.

Stephen, who currently splits his time between the universities of Cambridge and Oxford – where he is Programme Manager for the Oxford Programme on the Sustainable Future of Capital – Intensive Industries – served as an expert reviewer for the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report and has advised two US Presidential campaigns on climate policy.

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