The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet - Paperback

John Green essays on the human-centered planet, rating scratch-and-sniff stickers, volcanoes, and geese on a five-star scale.

The Anthropocene Reviewed uses a gimmick (rating everything on five stars) and transforms it into something profound. Green's warmth shines through every essay. What sounds like an exercise in whimsy becomes genuine reflection on what it means to be alive on this planet.

Faculty teaching essay and narrative craft assign this. It is also the gift for colleagues who need reminding that reflection and tenderness are still available to us.