Terry Tempest Williams est une auteure, conservatrice et militante américaine dont l'écriture est profondément ancrée dans l'Ouest américain. Son œuvre explore l'écologie, la préservation de la nature sauvage, la santé des femmes et notre relation avec la nature et la culture. Williams défend courageusement ses convictions, que ce soit par des témoignages devant le Congrès ou par des actes de désobéissance civile. Son style unique mêle la réflexion personnelle à des préoccupations environnementales et sociales urgentes, offrant aux lecteurs des aperçus profonds de notre avenir interconnecté.
In 54 chapters that unfold like a series of yoga poses, each with its own logic and beauty, Williams creates a lyrical and caring meditation of the mystery of her mother's journals in a book that keeps turning around the question, "What does it mean to have a voice?"
The sociologist Terry Williams returns to the cocaine culture of Harlem in the 1980s and '90s with an ethnographic account of a club he calls Le Boogie Woogie. He explores the life of a cast of characters that includes regulars and bar workers, dealers and hustlers, following social interaction around the club's active bar.
This book explores the significant role superintendents play in building relationships within their neighborhoods, specifically in lower Harlem, NYC. Through ethnographic fieldwork, Williams offers an in-depth analysis of their daily lives, filling a gap in social science research.
The beloved author of Refuge, Terry Tempest Williams is one of the country's most eloquent and imaginative writers. The desert is her blood. In this potent collage of stories, essays, and testimony, Red makes a stirring case for the preservation of America's Redrock Wilderness in the canyon country of southern Utah.As passionate as she is persuasive, Williams writes lyrically about the desert's power and vulnerability, describing wonders that range from an ancient Puebloan sash of macaw feathers found in Canyonlands National Park to the desert tortoise—an animal that can "teach us the slow art of revolutionary patience" as it extends our notion of kinship with all life. She examines the civil war being waged in the West today over public and private uses of land—an issue that divides even her own family. With grace, humor, and compassionate intelligence, Williams reminds us that the preservation of wildness is not simply a political process but a spiritual one."Lush elegies to the wilderness.... Earthy, spiritual, evocative." —The Boston Globe"Erotic, scientific, literary.... Her intimacy with this landscape is complex and passionate." —Los Angeles Times Book Review"Her finest writing... Use[s] pure language in the face of laws that need to be changed and lawmakers and citizens who need to understand that there is another way to see." —Portland Oregonian
This ethnographic study looks at teenagers trapped in poverty-how some succeed in the struggle to get out and others finally give up trying. It is an outgrowth of interviews with some 900 teens in New York City, Cleveland, Louisville, and Meridian, Mississippi.
"In Erosion, Terry Tempest Williams's fierce, spirited, and magnificent essays are a howl in the desert. She sizes up the continuing assaults on America's public lands and the erosion of our commitment to the open space of democracy. She asks: "How do we find the strength to not look away from all that is breaking our hearts?" 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. These essays are Williams's call to action, blazing a way forward through difficult and dispiriting times. We will find new territory--emotional, geographical, communal. The erosion of desert lands exposes the truth of change. What has been weathered, worn, and whittled away is as powerful as what remains. Our undoing is also our becoming. Erosion is a book for this moment, political and spiritual at once, written by one of our greatest naturalists, essayists, and defenders of the environment. She reminds us that beauty is its own form of resistance, and that water can crack stone"-- Provided by publisher
Show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world
In Teenage Suicide Notes, sociologist Terry Williams pores over the writings of a diverse group of troubled youths to better grasp the motivations behind teenage suicide and to humanize those at risk of taking their own lives. Williams evaluates young people in rural and urban contexts and across lines of race, class, gender, and sexuality.
Exploring the transformative journey of faith, the book emphasizes the importance of building a personal relationship with God rather than merely adhering to religious practices. Author Terry Williams contrasts the experiences of those who struggle with their faith against those who actively seek closeness with God. The narrative encourages readers to seek deliverance from sin and healing through Jesus, promising spiritual awakening and the opportunity for forgiveness and blessings that arise from a genuine relationship with the Heavenly Father.
Focusing on brain science, this book equips leaders with five proven principles to foster an engaged and high-performance workforce. Drawing on extensive research, it offers practical, motivational tools for creating an environment that promotes employee self-motivation. The engaging style encourages leaders to help their staff develop self-discipline, adopt a growth mindset, and achieve a state of "flow" for optimal productivity. This resource is designed for leaders seeking to enhance both personal and professional success within their teams.