Terry Tempest Williams

The beloved author of Refuge returns with a work that explodes and startles, illuminates and celebrates....

This program is read by the author. Fierce, timely, and unsettling essays from an important and beloved writer and conservationist Terry Tempest Williams is one of our most impassioned defenders of public lands. A naturalist, fervent activist, and stirring writer, she has spoken to us and for us...

In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights. One event was nature at its most random, the other a by-product of rogue technology....

“Williams is a master…She gives us a reason to follow her example: refusing to look away from the degradation, in hopes of preserving the wild places we have left.” —Outside Magazine From the acclaimed nature writer and New York Times bestselling author, a revelatory work of narrative...