"Encountering Dragonfly: Notes on the Practice of Re-Enchantment" by Brooke Williams

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Apr 24, 2025 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM

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Village Books readings gallery, Bellingham

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A Nature of Writing speaker series event, in partnership with Village Books

Two decades ago, naturalist and environmental writer Brooke Williams had a powerful dream about a dragonfly, a dream that cracked open his world by giving rise to a steady stream of dragonfly encounters in his waking life. Encountering Dragonfly is his account—related in a series of odonate encounters—of being drawn into a different kind of relationship with the natural world.  By opening himself to the personal and mytho-poetic meanings of dragonfly, and patiently courting an understanding of these creatures that is built upon, but also transcends, a naturalist’s observation, Brooke has come to believe in the importance of ‘re-enchantment.’
This event will feature Brooke Williams in conversation with award-winning nature writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt about the nature (how), meaning (what), and importance (why) of an ensouled, enchanted relationship with the natural world.

ABOUT BROOKE WILLIAMS
Brooke Williams writes about evolution, consciousness, and his own adventures exploring both the inner and outer wilderness. Brooke has spent the last forty years advocating for wilderness and has served on the board of multiple environmental organizations including Western Environmental Legal Center, Center for Humans and Nature, and Utah Rivers Council. He lives with the writer, Terry Tempest Williams, and two cats near Moab, Utah, where they watch light and wait for rain.

ABOUT LYANDA LYNN HAUPT
Lyanda Lynn Haupt is an award-winning author, naturalist, ecophilosopher, and speaker who has created and directed educational programs for Seattle Audubon, worked in raptor rehabilitation in Vermont, and as a seabird researcher for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the remote tropical Pacific. Her writing is acclaimed for combining scientific knowledge with literary, poetic prose, and her essays have appeared in a variety of publications, including Orion, Discover, Utne, LA Times, and Times Literary Supplement. She lives in the mossy green woodlands of Bellingham, Washington.

ABOUT OUR BOOKSELLER PARTNER
Village Books and Paper Dreams is a community-based, independent bookstore and gift shop located in the Historic Fairhaven Village on the southside of Bellingham. Since 1980, we have been "building community one book at a time." Village Books is a place to meet your friends, talk books, or just while away an hour or two among our shelves. Years of experience with local customers and knowledge of local interests helps us carefully select the books you love. Thanks to you, Village Books is able to continue keeping local readers in mind. If you're in the neighborhood come on in to explore!