Rob Nixon is the Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Family Professor of the Humanities and the Environment at Princeton University. His fourth book, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (2011), uniquely made waves across the academic fields of the humanities and in the world of climate change activism. In this episode, Rob details the book's origins in his campaigning for the release of Ken Saro-Wiwa, in his anti-apartheid activism, and in his writing about the nuclear aftermath of the US-Iraq War.   'This is a book that didn't intend to become a book.'   Craft is brought to you by Wasafiri, the magazine of international contemporary writing. Check out our website, www.wasafiri.org, for outtakes and a full transcript of this interview, and much more from writers all over the world. Craft is sponsored by Arts Council England, and Queen Mary University of London. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.