Conservationist and Author Terry Tempest Williams, will give the 2016 Ross Horning Lecture at the Joslyn Art Museum’s Witherspoon Tuesday, April 12th.
Heather Fryer, Fr. Henry W. Casper SJ Professor of History at Creighton, says Terry Tempest Williams is the Annie Clark Tanner Scholar in Environmental Humanities at the University of Utah.
Tempest Williams has authored 11 books and four poetry collections, many of which are rooted in the landscape of the American West.
Fryer says one of the central concerns in Tempest Williams’ writing is what she sees as a brokenness from our disconnection with nature.
But Fryer says what’s nice is instead of lamenting that brokenness, Tempest Williams challenges people to reconnect through action.
"And she does this by offering not mandates to follow but by questions to work with such as, ‘Do we care enough about ourselves, each other and this Earth to look anew at how we live together and how to live differently. To me, her work is about love, community and this quest for fullness in the human experience.”
Tempest Williams’ presentation is called “The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks” and is taken from her upcoming book.
Her lecture takes place Tuesday, April 12th at 7:30 in the Joslyn Art Museum’s Witherspoon Hall.
To register for the lecture, the website is CUHistory.EventBrite.com.