Yellowstonian
New Mexico may declare herself to be “The Land of Enchantment,” but writer Brooke Williams says each of us can dwell inside a state of personal enchantment if only we pause, delight in the magic of long quiet moments and take stock of the fact that all life in nature is sentient and interconnected.
Williams will be speaking about his new critically-acclaimed book, Encountering Dragonfly: Notes on the Practice of Re-Enchantment Thursday, August 7 at Elk River Books in Livingston—in a conversation with writer and Yellowstonian founder Todd Wilkinson. Read Yellowstonian‘s review of Williams’ book here. Encountering Dragonfly has been a popular summer read in mountain towns across the West.
A longtime conservationist and naturalist who lives in Castle Valley, Utah, Williams is the author of several books and a college instructor whose wife is the noted American poet and nature writer Terry Tempest Williams. The event at Elk River Books begins at 7 pm, is free and a perfect way to gather with community at the height of this grand season in the Rockies.
Note: if you can’t make it in person, the conservation will be live-streamed via Elk River Books’ YouTube page. We hope you will join us, one way or another.
Elk River Books is located at 122 South Second Street, Livingston, and is co-owned by writer Andrea Barnett Peacock and the talented poet and theatre artist Marc Beaudin. (Andrea, for those unaware, is married to the grizzly advocate, rabble rousing conservationist and Vietnam-era Green Beret medic Doug Peacock and Beaudin in Peacock’s cousin).
As with all events at Elk River, you can expect spirited, invigorating conversation. Brooke Williams will be signing books afterward.
