Mary Annaise Heglar

Oct 14, 2024 | drilled.ghost.io | Mary Annaise Heglar |Collin Eaton |Benoit Morenne |Benoît Morenne |Kate Aronoff

When the stakes are high—a U.S. descent into fascism, genocide in Gaza, the specter of World War III, extreme storms and fires, and a tight window closing on our ability to avoid more and worse of them—people do not always bring their best selves to the fight. This is particularly true of people who have grown accustomed to not having to fight for much and, perhaps more to the point, to not having to fear.

Oct 10, 2024 | teenvogue.com | Mary Annaise Heglar

There I was — minding my own business, drinking my coffee — when my phone vibrated with a text. It was from my friend Amy. She was on a flight and overheard a conversation between a stewardess and a passenger about how Hurricane Helene is a government-backed genocide. And the Department of Defense was in on it because they had a contract with a mine in North Carolina.

May 2, 2024 | scalawagmagazine.org | Mary Annaise Heglar

His face haunts me. Through the blur of the rain that splatters his face, I see his short black hair slicked against his olive skin. I see his features contorted, perhaps permanently, in anguish deeper than I hope to ever know. He cries out in a language I don't understand. Weary, he stumbles through waist-high, toxic, putrid water clutching the shrouded body of a small child. I don't know how many more bodies there are, floating in the water or trapped beneath the rubble.

Feb 27, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Mary Annaise Heglar |Mike Vago |Matt Rockefeller

An honest and hopeful call for climate caretaking. A tale that imparts important messages about the beauty and magic of the world—and encourages readers to treasure it. “There is magic all around you,” an unseen narrator notes.

Aug 22, 2023 | bookshop.org | Maris Kreizman |Mary Annaise Heglar

Description In this intimate portrait of two generations, a granddaughter and a grandmother come to terms with what it means to be family, Black women, and alive in a world on fire. The world is burning--and Corrine will do anything to put out the flames. After her brother died aboard an oil boat on the Mississippi River in 2013, Corrine awakened to the realities of climate change and its perpetrators.