Metta Sáma is author of 4 chapbooks and 2 full-length books, the most recent of which, Swing at your own risk, was published by Kelsey Street Press. Metta is a parent in the pandemic who has recently begun writing books for young children. Managing Editor of Doubleback Books, Senior Fellow of Black Earth Institute, member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Black Radish Books and founder of Artists Against Police Brutality/Cultures of Violence, Metta has been reflecting on the parallels between climate change and changes in the physical body.