Past Write Connection Programs

The Write Connection at Thoreau Farm is a literary program in partnership with The Thoreau Society, featuring author talks and writing workshops that encourage critical thinking and perceptive writing about the world and ourselves.

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2024

June 20, 2024 –Vert: Poet Catherine Staples in Conversation with Richard Higgins Details Recording Buy the Book

May 11, 2024 – Thoreau and the Birds of Concord: A Book Launch with Geoff Wisner Details Recording Buy the Book

April 13, 2024 –Fascinating Stories about Birdsong for Every Week of the Year Details Recording

April 11, 2024 – Outsider: My Boyhood with Thoreau — A Book Talk with Lawrence Millman Details Recording

March 10, 2024 –Blight: Author Emily Monosson in Conversation with Brent Ranalli Details Recording  Buy the Book

February 22, 2024 – Wild Stories from the History of Bird Migration Research Details Recording

January 27, 2024 – Unraveling: Author Peggy Orenstein in Conversation with Rebecca Kneale Gould. Details Recording Buy the Book

2023

November 16, 2023 – “A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate”—Author Talk with William McLean Greeley.  Details  Recording

October 27, 2023 – I Have More Lives to Live: Thoreau as a Guide to Moral Heroism and Ultimate Resilience—An Evening with Dr. Barbara Mossberg at Thoreau Farm.   Details   No Recording Available.

October 19, 2023 – Thinking Disobediently: Author Lawrence Buell in Conversation with Rebecca Kneale Gould.  Details  Recording Buy the Book

October 15, 2023 – Foraging with Jeeves: An Book Launch with Larry Millman.  Details  Recording

October 5, 2023 – Wild By Design: Author Laura Martin in Conversation with Michelle Nijhuis.  Details  Recording Buy the Book (be sure to select the Shop at Walden Pond as your Bookstore)

September 7, 2023 – Thoreau’s Axe: Author Caleb Smith in Conversation with Daegan Miller.  Details  Recording Buy the Book

June 3, 2023 – Church of the Wild: A Conversation with Victoria Loorz.   Details  Recording   Buy the Book (be sure to select the Shop at Walden Pond as your Bookstore)

April 20, 2023 – People & the Planet: Authors Yxta Murray & Daniel Selmi Discuss Their New Books.   Details  Recording

March 16, 2023 – Beloved Beasts: Author Michelle Nijhuis in conversation with Daegan Miller.  Details  Recording  Buy the Book (be sure to select the Shop at Walden Pond as your Bookstore)

February 7, 2023 – Conversations With Birds: Author Priyanka Kumar in conversation with Scott Russell Sanders.   Details  Recording

2022

November 17, 2022 – Sounds Wild and Broken: An Author Talk with David George Haskell.   Details  Recording Buy the Book

November 2, 2022 – The Insect Crisis: Author Oliver Milman in Conversation with Michelle Nijhuis,   Details  Recording

September 10, 2022 – Thinking Like the Sun: Stellar Knowledge of the Woods, Weeds, Swamp, and Infinity of You — An Author Talk from Dr. Barbara Mossberg.  Details  Recording

September 8, 2022 – Climate Lyricism: Author Min Hyoung Song in Conversation with Rochelle L. Johnson.  Details  Recording

May 10, 2022 – Writing Memoir: Tom Montgomery Fate and The Long Way Home.  Details  Recording