Bozeman Public Library Virtual Book Club reads Erosion: Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest Williams.

Copies of this selection can be instantly checked out on Hoopla digital as an audiobook read by the author with a Bozeman Public Library card.

We know the elements of erosion: wind, water, and time. They have shaped the spectacular physical landscape of our nation. Here, Terry Tempest 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.

Category: Arts | Books and Literature