Terry Tempest Williams Finds Beauty in a Broken World

10/07/2008 at 9:00 a.m.

Now–a–days, families and communities seem more fractured. Building developments leave little space for nature. We are at war. We spend more time alone. What does it mean to be human in this era? What relationship do humans have with the natural world? Can we find beauty amidst the trouble? Author and environmental scholar, Terry Tempest Williams, joins us.

This is a good time of year to be a political cartoonist. There's a lot of fodder for humor in the presidential campaigns – especially the debates. We thought we'd get a preview of tonight's second round of Presidential Debates from the political artists who'll be drawing them later. How closely must they watch to get material?

Related Event

Terry Tempest Williams is speaking tonight October 7 at Benaroya Hall at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Seattle Arts & Lectures series.

Guest(s)

Terry Tempest Williams is the Annie Clark Tanner Scholar in Environmental Humanities at the University of Utah. Her books include "Refuge," "Leap," "Red" and "The Open Space of Democracy." She frequently writes in journals and newspapers worldwide. She is a recipient of a Lannan and a Guggenheim fellowship in non–fiction. Her latest book is "Finding Beauty in a Broken World."

Henry Payne is the editorial cartoonist for The Detroit News. His work has been reprinted in The New York Times, USA Today, and the National Review. He has been a runner-up for both the Pulitzer and Mencken awards.

David Horsey is the Seattle PI's two&ndashtime Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist.