@mary.heglar

class="content__text" Baby’s first book is ready for preorder and it’s for the babies!!! It hits the shelves in February, but you can make sure it hits your mailbox by ordering it today! Full description: This hopeful picture book–written in the style of a letter–gives kids an honest take on climate change and urges them to band together to help the planet. The world is a big, beautiful place full of natural wonders–everything from bees to rainfall can seem magical. The world is also changing. Climate change has already had a devastating effect on the planet. But it’s not too late! If we work together and show a little more care, both for the environment and each other, we can keep this world beautiful. This moving debut from climate activist Mary Annaïse Heglar is perfect for budding environmentalists and anyone in need of a little hope for the future of our planet. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709869/the-world-is-ours-to-cherish-a-letter-to-a-child-by-mary-annaise-heglar-illustrated-by-vivian-mineker/

June 27, 2023

class="content__text" Gonna be processing this visit for a long, long time

June 20, 2023

class="content__text" As long as I can remember, my dream has been to be a writer, an author, but specifically a novelist. That dream is coming true and somewhere deep in my soul, a 9-year-old girl with big glasses and heavy plaits is jumping for joy. Dreams do come true, if you believe in them. I am so excited and so honored to share these stories with you all, and grateful to @harpermusebooks for giving me the platform to do it. Text from image: Climate justice writer Mary Annaise Heglar's TROUBLED WATERS, about two Black women carrying the weight of the world -a granddaughter so tormented by climate change on the horizon that she sets about staging a dramatic act of protest in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and a grandmother haunted by her own trauma integrating the elementary schools in Nashville-the love that binds them, and the grief that threatens to tear them apart, to Kimberly Carlton at Harper Muse, in a two-book deal, by Adam Schear at DeFiore and Company (world).

June 13, 2023

class="content__text" Got to go back and visit my alma mater, one of the only Black boarding schools left in the country. Dear Piney Woods, My Piney Woods. It’s been 21 years, but i still remember every inch of the campus. Just like I was in the 7th grade, or 8th grade…9th…10th…11th…12th. This wasn’t a trip down memory lane, this was time travel. If any other PWS alum are wondering: yes, Mr. Lewanika is still there! And, they might have taken the “country” out of the name, but…

June 11, 2023

class="content__text" Soft at work

May 11, 2023

class="content__text" Speechless

May 11, 2023

class="content__text" Had a ball talking to @darren.isom for the Dreaming in Color podcast about why i got into climate work, why I moved to his hometown and so much more. Preview here

April 11, 2023

class="content__text" CLIMATE ANXIETY WITH @mary.heglar & @sarahjaquetteray

April 11, 2023

class="content__text" On this day where yet another harrowing climate change report was published by the worlds top scientists, remember: Black people have been trying to avert this disaster. (Go to @ourbodypolitic to listen to the full conversation from @sxsw )

April 11, 2023

class="content__text" Thank you, @sxsw for the chance to talk about the power of Black women’s leadership in the media and the importance of authenticity in the digital age. Austin, I will be back!

April 11, 2023

class="content__text" 💫some MORE personal news💫over the summer, I got the idea for an all-Black climate essay collection. When I told another Black woman about it, she asked me if I was sure I could find enough people, so i got to work on the proposal. @likaluca saw the vision and it is HAPPENING! 🎉🎉🎉

March 11, 2023

class="content__text" Look what I just got in the mail! I’m on page 19 and preorders are open at @haymarketbooks !

March 11, 2023