Issue 16 of From the European South intends to verify how in stories about struggle and survival in compromised environments and/or conditions of socio-political unrest, the lines of solidarities adopted to face the various crises reflect and advance an idea of kinship that is not necessarily modelled on natal kin and the biological family. The purpose is to spot, in narration, thematic and formal frameworks for understanding how alternative kinship structures and new forms of oddkin can respond to and challenge both social injustices and environmental crises. The hope is that rethinking literature in this way may offer new possibilities for collective ecological responsibility and social justice, urging a movement towards more inclusive, sustainable futures.