Erosion: Essays of Undoing, by Terry Tempest Williams

"An apostle of life and earth and a soul-revving teller of true stories, Williams (The Hour of Land, 2016) brings lyricism, candor, mystery, and factual exactitude to the deeply affecting essays collected here . . . Williams’ exquisite testimony of wonder and wisdom is vitalizing and crucial."
―Booklist, starred review

"In a collection of passionate, galvanizing essays, activist and teacher Williams shares her intimate connection to the as-yet untamed landscapes of the American West . . . Williams writes with a poetic optimism . . . Stirring."
―Publishers Weekly, starred review

"This anthology of grief, anger, and even hope capably reflects Williams' wise voice."
―Kirkus

“These essays are a joy to read. Terry Tempest Williams is a wise and fierce defender of the wild Earth.”
―Leslie Marmon Silko, author of The Turquoise Ledge

“Terry Tempest Williams’s voice in the clamor is like a hot desert wind blowing away the litter in a crowded room and leaving behind only what has weight, what is essential. These are essays about the courage to face what is most brutal and monstrous, by finding what is most beautiful and merciful.”
―Rebecca Solnit, author of Call Them by Their True Names

Terry Tempest Williams is the award-winning author of The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks; Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place; Finding Beauty in a Broken World; and When Women Were Birds, among other books. Her work is widely taught and anthologized around the world. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she is currently the Writer-in-Residence at the Harvard Divinity School. 

October 8, 2019