Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Proulx, Serpell, Hsu, and More

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Annie Proulx, Namwali Serpell, Hua Hsu, and more—that are publishing this week.

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Fen, Bog, and Swamp by Annie Proulx

Here’s what  about : “Pulitzer winner Proulx () sounds the alarm on the place of Earth’s wetlands in the climate crisis in this stunning account. In an attempt to ‘understand some of what has disappeared,’ Proulx lays out how ‘the history of wetlands is the history of their destruction.’ They’ve largely been drained for agricultural and housing purposes, she writes, and continuing that trend risks calamity, as wetlands’ peat layers contain huge quantities of methane and carbon dioxide that will be released if they’re destroyed. Her dire warnings are leavened with