AUTHOR - JOURNALIST - CRITIC

Kyle Paoletta is the author of American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest.

Kyle Paoletta writes about how American culture is transforming in response to ecological crisis

Kyle has covered water scarcity and climate adaptation in feature reports for The New Republic, New York Magazine, and Sierra, charted broader shifts in the nation’s relationship to the environment for The New York Times, The Nation, and The Believer, and regularly writes about politics and the media world for Harper’s Magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, and The Baffler.

His first book, American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest, will be released by Pantheon on January 14, 2025

...one of the best young journalists at work today
— Christopher Beha, author of The Index of Self-Destructive Acts