Terry Tempest Williams
Terry Tempest Williams has been called “a citizen writer,” a writer who speaks and speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward life. A naturalist and fierce advocate for freedom of speech, she has consistently shown us how environmental issues are social issues that ultimately become matters of justice.
Known for her impassioned and lyrical prose, Terry Tempest Williams is the author of the environmental literature classics, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place; An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field; Desert Quartet; Leap; Red - Patience and Passion in the Desert; and The Open Space of Democracy. Her new book, Finding Beauty in a Broken World, was published in 2008.
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Terry Tempest Williams, 1993, (Literary: Awards, Fellowships, and Grants)Terry Tempest Williams with Christopher Merrill, 2007, (Events)
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