in  the news  review led a nationwide project letters to the future asking authors artists scientists and other to write to future generations predicting the success or failure of the  un climate talks in paris hundreds of letters were collected and presented to diplomats present in paris including letters penned by michael pollan jane smiley stephen robinson aisha kahlil t c boyle kim stanley robinson annie leonard roxana barry robinson jack miles pam houston geraldine brooks writer rebecca goldstein lois wolk harry reid brent bourgeois and others