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An unspoken hunger : stories from the field

Title
An unspoken hunger : stories from the field / Terry Tempest Williams.
Author
Williams, Terry Tempest.
Publication
  • New York : Pantheon Books, [1994]
  • ©1994

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Description
143 pages; 20 cm
Summary
  • A manifesto both fierce and compassionate from one of our most eloquent and elegant voices of the American West.
  • Terry Tempest Williams weaves together the passion of personal experience with the presence of political commitment. In this gathering of work, Williams explores our unspoken hunger, our desire for a life of greater intention. In a series of detailed and beautifully rendered portraits, she illuminates the strength and inspiration that helped to form Georgia O'Keeffe, Rachel Carson, Mardy Murie, and the Stone Creek Woman.
  • There are portraits as well of two uncles, who also live outside the expectations of normalcy and orthodoxy. Through the power of her observations, we see how our lack of intimacy with the natural world has initiated a lack of intimacy with one another. An Unspoken Hunger is finally a call to action, where we begin to find the courage and heart to stand our ground in the places we love. As Williams reminds us, "Perhaps the most radical act we can commit is to stay home."
  • . An Unspoken Hunger is further proof of Terry Tempest Williams's unique gift - one that removes us from the distractions and confines of daily routine and prompts in us an awakened sense of wonder.
Alternative Title
Stories from the field
Subject
  • Natural history
  • natural sciences
  • Natural history
Genre/Form
Essays
Contents
In the country of grasses -- The architecture of a soul -- In cahoots with coyote -- The village watchman -- Water songs -- Erosion -- Undressing the bear -- Winter solstice at the Moab Slough -- Stone Creek woman -- A eulogy for Edward Abbey -- An unspoken hunger -- Yellowstone : the erotics of place -- Mary Murie : an intimate profile -- A patriot's journal -- All that is hidden -- Testimony -- The wild card -- Redemption.
ISBN
  • 0679432442
  • 9780679432449
LCCN
93030317
OCLC
  • ocm28798808
  • 28798808
  • SCSB-2013941
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library