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I met Terry Tempest Williams about 25 years ago at a writer’s conference in Yosemite Valley. I was a young reporter who was there to do a story about how literature was addressing climate change and she made such a huge impression on me. I had never heard someone talk about the natural world the way Terry did and she had a spiritual depth I hadn’t encountered in my life at that point. <\/p>\n

Read more Bonnie Tyler, singer of ballad \u2018Total Eclipse of the Heart,\u2019 has died at 75<\/a><\/p>\n

To this day, Terry’s writing always reorients me towards what is good, what is beautiful, and what is true. Her newest book is called “The Glorians.”<\/p>\n

Read more How England\u2019s class divide shaped Andy Burnham, the U.K.\u2019s likely next prime minister<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Terry Tempest Williams often writes about what is easy to overlook \u2013 the \u201choly ordinary\u201d as she calls it. Whether it’s the beauty and plight of the natural world, or the silence and struggle of a loved one. She talks to Rachel about why women with big ideas get labeled \u201ccrazy\u201d and how she tries to emulate her late mother.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To listen sponsor-free and support the show, sign up for Wild Card+ at plus.npr.org\/wildcard<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1144],"tags":[1145],"class_list":["post-5031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wild-card-with-rachel-martin","tag-terry-tempest-williams"],"yoast_head":"\nTerry Tempest Williams on why women with big ideas get labeled 'crazy' - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=5031\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Terry Tempest Williams on why women with big ideas get labeled 'crazy' - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Terry Tempest Williams often writes about what is easy to overlook \u2013 the \u201choly ordinary\u201d as she calls it. 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