A Hollow Bone – Terry Tempest Williams

About this episode

Terry Tempest Williams reflects on the relationship between loss and presence through her connection to the Great Salt Lake.

In a season of loss, how does absence offer a greater understanding of presence? This week, Terry Tempest Williams brings us into her love affair with Utah’s Great Salt Lake, a place that nourishes twelve million migrating birds, bison herds, and deep-rooted human communities, and which is now in retreat. Contemplating how we might be in service to this dying lake, Terry summons us to be present with the losses in the landscape. Read the story. Discover our latest print edition, Volume 6: Seasons . Photo by Christina Seely

People in this episode

Guest: Terry Tempest Williams

Topics covered

• loss
• nature
• environment
• migration
• community
• presence
• absence

Keywords

• Great Salt Lake
• Terry Tempest Williams
• loss
• presence
• migration
• environment
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Volume 6: Seasons

Places: Utah, Great Salt Lake, United States

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