A voice in the wilderness : conversations with Terry Tempest Williams / / edited by Michael Austin ; Willet drawing by Lee Carlman Riddell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910213815903321
• Autore: Williams Terry Tempest
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Logan, Utah, : Utah State University Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-4571-8089-8; 1-283-28350-6; 9786613283504; 0-87421-537-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AustinMichael <1966->
• Disciplina: 508
• Soggetti: Naturalists - United States; Environmentalists - United States; Authors; Human ecology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.; "Interviews with Terry Tempest Williams": p. 187-189.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; A Life Engaged: A Critical Introduction; Memory is the Only Way Home; Wild Heart; Terry Tempest Williams; The Politics of Place; Terry Tempest Williams and Ona Siporin; A Conversation with Terry Tempest Williams; Talking to Terry Tempest Williams; Testimony, Refuge, and the Sense of Place; The Transformative Power of Art; Lighting the Match; Wild Mercy and Restoring the Dialogue; An Interview with Terry Tempest Williams; Coffee Talk; A Conversation with Terry Tempest Williams; An Interview with Terry Tempest Williams; The Wild Mind; Appendix; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: With her distinctive, impassioned voice and familiar felicity of language, Terry Tempest Williams talks about wilderness and wildlife, place and eroticism, art and literature, democracy and politics, family and heritage, Mormonism and religion, writing and creativity, and other subjects that engage her agile mind-in a set of interviews gathered and introduced by Michael Austin to represent the span of her career as a naturalist, author, and activist.