Point Reyes Books Webcasts

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Listen to a rebroadcast of a conversation with Elisabeth Ptak, Rose Castillo Guilbault, and David Mas Masumoto about Point Reyes conference/art exhibits/walking tours March (courtesy of KWMR radio)

Terry Tempest Williams,
reading from and talking about her upcoming book, Finding Beauty in a Broken World.

She is the author of the environmental classic Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place as well as An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field; Desert Quartet; and the forthcoming Finding Beauty in a Broken World, which begins in Ravenna, Italy, returns to the American Southwest, and ends in a small town in Rwanda, where she has helped to build a memorial to the victims of the 1994 genocide. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Robert Marshall Award from The Wilderness Society, and Lannan and Guggenheim fellowships. She teaches in the Environmental Humanities Program at the University of Utah.

Terry was one the first writers at the Mesa Refuge Writers Retreat in Point Reyes Station 10 years ago.

Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. Michael Pollan claims that real food--the kind your great-grandmother would recognize as food--is being undermined by both science and the food industry. In his return to Point Reyes, Pollan explored what the industrialization of food and agriculture has meant for our health and happiness as eaters, and looked at the growing national movement to renovate the food system. Listen to his interview on radio KWMR by downloading these mp3 files.

Michael Pollan mp3 - part one

Michael Pollan mp3 - part two

The Geography of Hopewas one of the most important literary conferences in northern California history, the weekend of events included readings, panel discussions, informal talks with 16 award-winning authors and literary figures, art exhibits, an emerging writers' session, and field trips. Information and web casts available here.