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Things Fall Apart: Finding Beauty in a Broken World, 6th Annual Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness & the Creative Imagination
An Environmental Literary Festival Featuring Reading, Panel Discussions, Poetry Performances, Documentary Films, Booksignings, and Receptions.
| What | Creative Writing |
|---|---|
| When |
Friday, January 29, 2010 07:00 PM
to Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:00 PM |
| Where | Memorial Union & Ames Public Library |
| Contact Name | Debra Marquart |
| Contact Email | marquart@iastate.edu |
| Contact Phone | 515-294-2180 |
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Friday, January 29 - Sunday, January 31, 2010
Iowa State University
Memorial Union & Ames Public Library
Ames, IA
Scheduled Guests:
Terry Tempest Williams is the author of Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place; An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field; Desert Quartet; Leap; Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert; and The Open Space of Democracy. Her new book, Finding Beauty in a Broken World, was published in 2009.
Rick Bass is the author of over twenty books, including The Watch, Oil Notes, The Nine-Mile Wolves, The Lost Grizzlies, The Hermit’s Story, and The Lives of Rocks.
Mary Swander is the Poet Laureate of the state of Iowa and the author of several books, including Succession: Poems; The Girls on the Roof; Driving the Body Back; Desert Pilgrim; and Out of This World.
Patricia Smith is a four-time national poetry slam champion and the author of several books, including Blood Dazzler, Teahouse of the Almighty, Close to Death, Big Towns, Big Talk and Life According to Motown.
Benjamin Percy is the author of The Language of Elk, Refresh, Refresh, and a forthcoming novel, The Wilding.
Noah Hutton is a filmmaker whose recent documentary, Crude Independence, chronicles the impact a large oil find is having on a peaceful farming community in western North Dakota.
All Events are Free & Open to the Public ♦ No Registration Required
