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Sounds True.com, speak with Terry Tempest Williams. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.

Today I speak with Terry Tempest Williams.

Terry is a writer, a naturalist,

and an environmental activist, and the author of several books including Finding Beauty in a Broken World,

as well as an original audio adaptation of this book published by Sounds True.

I spoke with Terry about her creative process as a writer,

and how she has been able to meet directly some of the most traumatic wounding the world can offer,

and ultimately find beauty in a broken world.

Here's my conversation with Terry Tempest Williams.

So you're here at Sounds True Terry recording an original audio abridgment of finding beauty in a broken world. And I'm curious just to begin, when you approached the book,

how did you consider how to abrid it? You're recording here as what one third of the book something like that?

Right, I love editing and I also love reworking material.

So it's been a great gift and privilege

to be able to take these three sections

in Finding Beauty in a Broken World,

the Mosaic section, the Prairie Dog Section, and the Rwanda Section,

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