SKYLARKING BOOKCLUB: THE GLORIANS by Terry Tempest Williams

Name: SKYLARKING BOOKCLUB: THE GLORIANS by Terry Tempest Williams
Start: 2026-04-30T18:30:00-05:00
Location: Skylark Bookshop

Schedule

Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Skylark Bookshop | Columbia, MO

Fresh off what we know is going to be an astonishing Unbound Book Festival, our April OG Bookclub will meet to discuss the most recent book by this year’s keynote speaker, Terry Tempest Williams. With luck most of us will have had the opportunity to hear Terry speak just beforehand - so it will be an especially vibrant conversation! We can’t wait!
Come and join us! As usual, the talk starts upstairs in the shop at 6:30 p.m.
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. The Glorians 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 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.
Wise and lyrical, The Glorians is a testament to the power of witness, a field guide to finding grace in the unexpected, and a moving invitation to engage with one another and our surroundings with renewed intention. In a modern world filled with increasing noise and anxiety, Terry Tempest Williams offers honest sustenance for the mind and spirit and distinguishes herself again as a trusted voice to whom we can turn to more fully understand our times.