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World Service,3 mins

What is Cli-Fi?

The Cultural Frontline

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Amy Brady, the editor of the Chicago Review of Books, explains why the increasingly popular genre Cli-Fi or climate fiction is bringing the issues of climate change and environmental damage to readers through novels. Image: Polar bear on melting ice. Credit: SeppFriedhuber/Getty Images

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