Williams, Terry Tempest

Erosion : essays of undoing / Terry Tempest Williams - New York : Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2019 - 318 p. ; 22 cm

We know the elements of erosion: wind, water, and time. They have shaped the spectacular physical landscape of our nation. Here, Williams bravely and brilliantly explores the many forms of erosion we face: of democracy, science, compassion, and trust. She examines the dire cultural and environmental implications of the gutting of Bear Ears National Monument — sacred lands to Native Peoples of the American Southwest; of the undermining of the Endangered Species Act; of the relentless press by the fossil fuel industry that has led to a panorama in which "oil rigs light up the horizon." And she testifies that the climate crisis is not an abstraction, offering as evidence the drought outside her door and, at times, within herself.


English

9780374280062


Erosion
Self (Philosophy)
Ecology
Environmentalism
American essays

814.54 WIL