Terry Tempest Williams wurzelt ihr Schreiben im amerikanischen Westen, tief beeinflusst von der trockenen Landschaft ihres Heimatstaates Utah. Ihr Werk bewegt sich zwischen Themen der Ökologie, des Wildnisschutzes, der Frauengesundheit und der komplexen Beziehung zwischen Kultur und Natur. Durch ihre unverwechselbare Prosa verwebt Williams persönliche Erzählungen mit ökologischem Aktivismus und bietet den Lesern tiefgründige Reflexionen über unsere Verbindung zur natürlichen Welt. Ihre Stimme schwingt sowohl mit Dringlichkeit als auch mit Schönheit, was zu einem tieferen Verständnis von Ort und Planet anregt.
The author describes her Mormon upbringing, juxtaposing these reminiscences with discussions of the flooding of a wildlife bird sanctuary and its effect on that ecosystem, and her family's legacy of cancer
Photographs from The Nature Conservancy's Last Great Places
The Nature Conservancy is one of the world's most foremost environmental organizations. In commemoration of its 50th anniversary, a dozen distinguished contemporary photographers were asked to submit a photograph of a place with which they have a special affinity. The volume features original unpublished images by Anne Leibovitz, Richard Misrach, Sally Mann, Wiiliam Wegman, Mary Ellen Mark, Lynn Davis, Lee Friedlander, Hope Sandrow, William Christenberry, Fazal Sheikh, Karen Halverson and Terry Edwards. Andy Grundberg a well-known critic, curator and writer provides an introduction and each photographer has written text to accompany his or her work.
As a Mormon child, the author slept under the two outer panels of Bosch's Garden of Delights. After discovering the existence of the central panel in the Prado, she was drawn to write about her fascination with the entire triptych and the connections to her personal life, the "relationship with nature, the divide between religion and spirituality, and the question of how to preserve wilderness."--Booklist review.