"The Glorians" with Terry Tempest Williams

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When
Apr 11, 2026 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Where
Sehome High School Theater
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A Nature of Writing Speaker Series special event, in partnership with Village Books

The Institute and Village Books are honored to welcome New York Times best-selling author Terry Tempest Williams back to Bellingham with her revelatory new work The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary.

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In this time of political fragility, climate chaos, and seeking beauty wherever we can find its glimmer, Terry Tempest Williams introduces us to the Glorians. They are not distant deities, but the ordinary, often overlooked presences—animal, plant, memory, moment—that reveal our shared vulnerability and interconnectedness with the natural world. They can be as small as an ant ferrying a coyote willow blossom to its queen or as commonplace as the night sky. But what they can collectively show us—about the radical act of attending to beauty and carrying forward against all odds—is immense.

Journeying through encounters with the Glorians in the red rock desert of Utah during the pandemic to Harvard University where she teaches in the Divinity School, Williams weaves a story of astonishing personal and societal insight. As she grapples with the unsettled state of the world, she turns not to despair but to deep reflection. She sees how the Glorians are calling us all to attention, not as an army, but as fellow inhabitants of our sacred, threatened home. They remind us of the power of contact between species and the profound courage—and awareness—it will take to dream a more cohesive future into being.

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