The video clip above in an excerpt from Scott Russell Sanders' writing workshop held in conjunction with the 2010 Boyer Colloquium in April.

About Scott Russell Sanders:

Among his more than twenty books are novels, collections of stories, and works of personal nonfiction, including Staying Put, Writing from the Center, and Hunting for Hope. His latest books are A Private History of Awe, a coming-of-age memoir, love story, and spiritual testament, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and A Conservationist Manifesto, his vision of a shift from a culture of consumption to a culture of caretaking.

His writing examines the human place in nature, the pursuit of social justice, the relation between culture and geography, and the search for a spiritual path.

From 1971 until his retirement in 2009, he taught at Indiana University, from 1995 onward as Distinguished Professor of English.

Writing Workshop Events

Friday, April 23

First Child in the Woods:
On Learning to Love the Earth
9:00 a.m.

The Essay as a Way of Discovery
11:00 a.m.

To register for one or both
workshops, call Judy Moore at
815.599.3457.