Nonfiction Book Club - What If We Get It Right?

Tue Nov 18 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-05:00

325 S Washington Ave | Royal Oak

Sidetrack Bookshop
Publisher/HostSidetrack Bookshop
Nonfiction Book Club - What If We Get It Right?
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Sidetrack Bookshop BOOK CLUB discussing What If We Get It Right, by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Led by Sidetrack Cofounder, Jenny.
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* *Note: $5 registration fee can be used as a credit toward a purchase in-store. The credit expires the night of book club.**



About the Book

Our climate future is not yet written.
What will it look like if we get it right?
Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures.
Through clear-eyed essays and vibrant conversations, infused with data, poetry, and art, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson guides us through solutions and possibilities at the nexus of science, policy, culture, and justice. Visionary farmers and financers, architects and advocates help us conjure a flourishing future, one worth the effort it will take—from all of us, with whatever we have to offer—to create.
If you haven’t yet been able to picture a transformed and replenished world—or see yourself, your loved ones, and your community in it— this book is for you. If you haven’t yet found your role in shaping this new world, or you’re not sure how we can actually get there, this book is for you.
With frankness, humor, and humanity, Ayana invites readers to ask and answer this crucial question, together: What if we get it right?
On imagination, possibility, and transformation with
Paola Antonelli • Xiye Bastida • Jade Begay • Wendell Berry • Régine Clément • Steve Connell • Erica Deeman • Abigail Dillen • Brian Donahue • Jean Flemma • Kelly Sims Gallagher • Rhiana Gunn-Wright • Olalekan Jeyifous • Corley Kenna • Bryan C. Lee Jr. • Franklin Leonard • Adam McKay • Bill McKibben • Kate Marvel • Samantha Montano • Kate Orff • Leah Penniman • Marge Piercy • Colette Pichon Battle • Kendra Pierre-Louis • Judith D. Schwartz • Jigar Shah • Ayisha Siddiqa • Bren Smith • Oana Stănescu • Mustafa Suleyman • Jacqueline Woodson


About the Author

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and Brooklyn native. She co-­founded and leads Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for the future of coastal cities, and is the Roux Distinguished Scholar at Bowdoin College. Dr. Johnson co-edited the bestselling climate anthology All We Can Save, co-created and co-hosted the Spotify/Gimlet podcast How to Save a Planet, and co-authored the Blue New Deal, a roadmap for including the ocean in climate policy. She serves on the board of directors for Patagonia and GreenWave, and on the advisory board of Environmental Voter Project. Above all: She is in love with climate solutions.

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325 S Washington Ave, 325 South Washington Avenue, Royal Oak, United States

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