
Terry Tempest Williams in The Green Room
The Merwin Conservancy presented 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 was 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.
This program was made possible through generous support from The Atherton Family Foundation, The Makana Aloha Foundation, Lillian Ball, Sarah Cavanaugh, and our Green Room Patrons & Hosts.