The Thoreau Society presents
TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS
Terry Tempest Williams is the author of numerous books, including the environmental literature classic, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. Her most recent book is The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks, which was published in June 2016 to coincide with and honor the centennial of the National Park Service. Her writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Orion Magazine, and numerous anthologies worldwide as a crucial voice for ecological consciousness and social change.
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An evening honoring
Terry Tempest Williams
winner of the
Henry David Thoreau Prize
for
Literary Excellence in Nature Writing
Saturday, October 28
7:00 PM
Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden St.
The Thoreau Prize is a literary award granted annually to an accomplished writer in English who, with a comparable intensity, wishes to speak for nature and embodies the spirit of Thoreau as a gifted writer, insightful naturalist, and ethical thinker. Although it has traditionally been granted as a lifetime achievement award, the prize may also be given to mid-career nature writers who have demonstrated exceptional promise in any genre (poetry, fiction, or nonfiction). The annual award consists of $2,500 and a commemorative gift.
“An important, well-informed, and moving read for anyone interested in learning more about America’s national parks.”
“If Williams’s haunting, powerful and brave book can be summed up in one line of advice it would be this: try to stare down the grief of everyday life, speak out and find solace in the boundless beauty of nature.”
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