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
January 27, 2024 – Unraveling:Author Peggy Orenstein in Conversation with Rebecca Kneale Gould. Details Recording
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
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
September 7, 2023 – Thoreau’s Axe: Author Caleb Smith in Conversation with Daegan Miller. Details Recording
June 3, 2023 – Church of the Wild: A Conversation with Victoria Loorz. Details Recording
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
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
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