"The introduction [to Octavia's Brood] , written with your coauthor, Walidah Imarisha, says, "Once the imagination is unshackled, liberation is limitless." If we, as a society, were able to unshackle our imaginations, what could be possible?"
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Thelma Young Lutunatabua in Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility (2023)
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