Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than 20 books including the international bestseller Men Explain Things to Me. She has emerged as an essential voice guiding us through our contemporary world, through incisive commentary on feminism, violence, ecology, hope, and everything in between. In this wide-ranging collection of essays, she turns her attention to the cascading crises of an empire in decline. She gets to the root of those crises, countering the despair of our age with a dose of solidarity, creativity, and hope.