Daniel Sherrell
{{Infobox writer
| name = Daniel Sherrell
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|12|26}}
| education = Brown University
| notable_works = Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World
}}
Daniel Sherrell {{Cite web|last1=Chris|first1=Vognar|date=August 6, 2021|title=Burning questions raised in 'Warmth'|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/06/arts/burning-questions-raised-warmth/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Boston Globe|language=en-US}} is an American author and political organizer involved in the climate movement.{{Cite web|last=Clifford|first=Catherine|date=2021-08-19|title=Grief and anxiety over climate change drove this 30-year-old to write a letter to his future child|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/climate-change-how-to-process-grief-according-to-daniel-sherrell.html|access-date=2022-01-02|website=CNBC|language=en}} He is the author of Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World, a memoir on the climate crisis framed as a letter to Sherrell's potential future child.{{Cite news|last=Balcetis|first=Emily|date=August 6, 2021|title=Review {{!}} Climate science may change minds. Climate sadness can change hearts.|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/climate-science-may-change-minds-climate-sadness-can-change-hearts/2021/08/05/48fe64bc-e9ac-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html|access-date=2022-01-02|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite magazine|date=2021-09-15|title=Can We Find a New Way to Tell the Story of Climate Change?|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/can-we-find-a-new-way-to-tell-the-story-of-climate-change|access-date=2022-01-02|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Daniel Sherrell was born in 1990. His father is an oceanographer and his mother studies metabolism; both work at Rutgers University.
{{cite book
| last1 = Sherrell | first1 = Daniel
| title = Warmth: coming of age at the end of our world
| date = 3 August 2021
| publisher = Penguin Books
| location = New York, USA
| isbn = 978-0-14-313653-8
}} Paperback version.
{{rp|19}} Sherell grew up in New Jersey and attended Brown University, graduating in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies.{{Cite web|last=Institute|first=NYS Writers|date=2021-09-07|title=Daniel Sherrell wins inaugural Bruce Piasecki and Andrea Masters writing award|url=https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/daniel-sherrell-wins-inaugural-bruce-piasecki-and-andrea-masters-award|access-date=2022-01-02|website=NYSWritersInstitute|language=en}} At Brown, Sherrell led the Brown Divest Coal Campaign, which advocated for the university's divestment from the coal industry.{{Cite web|last=Vendituoli|first=Monica|title=Students fight climate change, cite personal reasons|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/03/students-climate-change-reasons/2910737/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}} He also worked with individuals incarcerated by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections as part of an outreach program.{{Cite web|last=Mulvaney|first=Katie|title=Advocates call for more prisoners to be freed as COVID cases hit 600 at the ACI|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/courts/2020/11/30/covid-cases-hit-600-ri-state-prison-and-advocates-call-release/6464629002/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Providence Journal|language=en-US}}
Work
In 2021, Sherrell published his first book, Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World.{{Cite web|title=Organizer Daniel Sherrell's first book examines growing up during the climate crisis|url=https://www.wamc.org/podcast/the-roundtable/2021-11-08/organizer-daniel-sherrells-first-book-examines-growing-up-during-the-climate-crisis|access-date=2022-01-02|website=WAMC|language=en}} The book enjoyed positive critical reception{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/daniel-sherrell/warmth-sherrell/|title=WARMTH {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}} and was included in The New Yorker
{{cite news
| last1 = Sherrell | first1 = Daniel
| title = If Biden isn't willing to really fight the climate crisis, he shouldn't run in 2024
| date = 25 July 2022
| work = The Guardian
| location = London, United Kingdom
| issn = 0261-3077
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/25/if-biden-isnt-willing-to-really-fight-the-climate-crisis-he-shouldnt-run-in-2024
| access-date = 2022-07-25
}}
and Grist.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-14|title=How an Aboriginal family beat back a fossil fuel conglomerate|url=https://grist.org/equity/warmth-excerpt-goolarabooloo-songline-dreaming/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Grist|language=en-us}}
In 2022, Sherrell appeared on Storybound (podcast) for a special adaptation of an excerpt from his book Warmth.
Bibliography
- {{cite book
| last1 = Sherrell | first1 = Daniel
| title = Warmth: coming of age at the end of our world
| date = 3 August 2021
| publisher = Penguin Books
| location = New York, USA
| isbn = 978-0-14-313653-8
}} Paperback version.
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Category:American climate activists
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