WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
Join local author Tristra Newyear for an exploration of her newest novel, Starfall.
Starfall is a sweeping tale told in the same place, the utopian town of New Harmony, Indiana, but in two eras–1820s America and the not-so-distant, post-climate change future.
In each era, a woman stumbles into a community built to change humanity’s course, founded by eccentrics and scientists, and finds a town filled with secrets. And out in the woods beyond the edge of town, there are mysterious pools all fear and avoid. There, something strange is happening.
Exploring American history and our coming adaptation to climate change, folklore and technology, Starfall incorporates elements of romance and sci-fi, horror, and natural beauty. It leads readers through a forgotten but vital moment in American progressive experimentation and suggests what might remain valuable to us, as we face one of humanity’s greatest challenges.
