Terry Tempest Williams in The Green Room
“We continue to evolve and transform who we are in relationship to where we are. We do not live in isolation from the physical world around us. Nature beckons our response. It is in the doing, the being, the becoming that meaning is made.”
— Terry Tempest Williams, from The Hour of Land
The Merwin Conservancy presents a reading and talk with award-winning writer, conservationist, and activist Terry Tempest Williams at Maui Arts & Cultural Center on December 12, 2024 at 7 PM HST. Williams will be introduced by Hawaiʻi-based environmental social scientist Dr. Mehana Blaich Vaughan— author of Kaiāulu: Gathering Tides and founder of Kīpuka Kuleana—whose work focuses on restoring indigenous-led, community-based care and relationships to place.
A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Lannan Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction, and Henry David Thoreau Medal for natural history writing, Terry Tempest Williams is the author of more than twenty books. She is known for her impassioned and lyrical prose, including the environmental literature classic Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. Her most recent book is Erosion: Essays of Undoing and her forthcoming book, The Glorians will be published in 2025.
Williams is currently writer-in-residence at the Harvard Divinity School and a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters. She lives with her husband Brooke Williams in Castle Valley, Utah. Terry was a dear friend of Paula and William Merwin and mentored by both.
Cash bar and light refreshments to follow.
Tickets
$25 / General Admission (plus applicable fees)
$10 / Students (plus applicable fees)
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With a donation made toward this event at the Patron ($250 or more) or Host ($500 or more) level, Green Room Patrons receive a ticket to the event with priority seating, are invited to a pre-event reception with the author, and are recognized on our website and program. Space is limited.
This program is made possible through generous support from The Atherton Family Foundation, The Makana Aloha Foundation, Lillian Ball, Sarah Cavanaugh, and our Green Room Patrons & Hosts.
