Virtual Reading and Discussion with the Author of "Erosion: Essays of Undoing," Terry Tempest Williams

Known for her impassioned and lyrical prose, Williams is a writer, naturalist, and freedom of speech advocate who is the author of the environmental literature classic, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place . Her book, The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks , honored the centennial of the National Park Service and was a New York Times bestseller. In her latest work, Erosion: Essays of Undoing , Williams picks up a theme pursued in her 2009 work, Finding Beauty in a Broken World: the fragmentation of our times . Williams’ many honors include The Wilderness Society’s Robert Marshall Award, their highest honor given to an American citizen; the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association; the Wallace Stegner Award given by The Center for the American West; and the Audubon New York Award for Environmental Writing. She is currently writer-in-residence at Harvard Divinity School. Funding provided by the Dee Hull Everist Visiting Speakers Fund. To connect to the event – For those outside of Hollins University: by 3 pm the day of the event, email the event name, your name, phone number, and, if different, the name on your Zoom account to creative.writing@hollins.edu . For Hollins University students, faculty, and staff: see my.hollins.