Nightshining
A Memoir in Four Floods
Book • 2025
Jennifer Kabat's "Night Shining: A Memoir in Four Floods" intricately weaves together personal reflections, historical accounts, and scientific explorations.
Kabat reflects on her experiences with floods in the western Catskills, intertwining them with a broader history of flooding and climate change.
The narrative delves into a 1950 flood caused by a Cold War weapon, connecting personal history with larger geopolitical events.
Through this nested history, Kabat examines themes of memory, place, and the interconnectedness of past and present.
She challenges conventional narrative structures, opting for a form that mirrors the aliveness and multiplicity of time within a single location.
Ultimately, the book seeks to understand our current climate crisis through the lens of deeply rooted, place-based histories.
Kabat reflects on her experiences with floods in the western Catskills, intertwining them with a broader history of flooding and climate change.
The narrative delves into a 1950 flood caused by a Cold War weapon, connecting personal history with larger geopolitical events.
Through this nested history, Kabat examines themes of memory, place, and the interconnectedness of past and present.
She challenges conventional narrative structures, opting for a form that mirrors the aliveness and multiplicity of time within a single location.
Ultimately, the book seeks to understand our current climate crisis through the lens of deeply rooted, place-based histories.
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Recommended by Eric LeMay , who describes it as ambitious, wide-ranging, deep, felt, poignant, and brilliant.
Jennifer Kabat, "Nightshining: A Memoir in Four Floods" (Milkweed Editions, 2025)
