Terry Tempest Williams
泭If You Go
Date:泭November 2, 2005
Time:泭7:00泭PM
Where:泭Glenn Miller Ballroom, UMC
2005 Wallace Stegner Award Recipient
Author and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams will be honored by the University of Colorado at Boulders Center of the American West on Nov. 2 at 7:00 p.m.
The Center will present Williams with its highest recognition, the Wallace Stegner Award. The free public event will be in the University Memorial Centers Glenn Miller Ballroom. Williams also will be available to sign books at a reception before the event at 5:00 p.m. Given Williams popularity, audience members are encouraged to arrive early for the reception and award presentation.
The Stegner Award presentation will feature an interview and discussion of Williams career conducted by Patty Limerick, Professor of History and Environmental Studies and Chair of the Board at泭the Center of the American West, and Charles Wilkinson, Distinguished Professor of Law at CU-Boulder.
A well-known writer and naturalist, Williams is perhaps most noted for her book泭Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. She has long been active in environmental and conservation issues in the West. She also has testified twice before the U.S. Congress about womens health and the environmental links to cancer.
Her work has appeared in national and international publications, including泭The New Yorker,泭The Nation,泭Outside,泭Audubon,泭Orion,泭The Iowa Review, and泭The New England Review. Williams is the author of ten books, including two childrens books.
Terry Tempest Williams is one of those unusual people who is as memorable and moving as a speaker as she is as a writer, Limerick said. If you never quite understood what it means to say that someone has a radiant and charismatic personality, you can find out on the evening of November 2.
The Center presents the Wallace Stegner Award to individuals who have made a sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the West through literature, art, history, lore, or understanding of the West. John Nichols, author of泭The Milagro Beanfield War, was the most recent recipient of the award in 2003. Other recipients include N. Scott Momaday, Rudolfo Anaya, Vine Deloria, Jr., and Alvin Josephy.
The handmade certificate features a personalized inscription to reflect the recipients distinguished accomplishments and includes a $1,000 cash award. The Wallace Stegner Award is sponsored by the Olson Family.
The Center of the American West originated in a conversation between Limerick and Wilkinson in 1986, and focuses on identifying and addressing critical issues in the West.