Writer, naturalist and award-winning author of several books including; “The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks,” “Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place,” and “Finding Beauty in a Broken World.” She’s also a Writer-in-Residence at the Harvard Divinity School
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