Welcome, Tess Taylor!
Tess Taylor, award-winning poet, essayist, community activist, gardener, and tender of backyard chickens is coming to Jackson, Wyoming this weekend for two days of conversation, storytelling, and wonder. You can catch her at three different events, from a sermon to the saloon to a conversation circle.
Tess Taylor will be the featured speaker for the Virginian Saloon, CAMPFIRE, (our monthly storytelling series and community) on Sunday, May 19, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Virginian Saloon for a conversation exploring ecological joy, in celebration of Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens & the Hands that Tend Them, a new, acclaimed anthology of garden poetry edited by Taylor.
You can also catch Tess at St. John’s, on the 19th, as the guest preacher, and on the 20th as guest speaker at the Sacred Earth Conversations.
We are excited to host Taylor and contemplate the ways in which we are connected to the more-than-human world.
More information:
- Guest Preacher – May 19 Sunday Service | 10:00 a.m.
- Guest Speaker – May 20 Sacred Earth Conversations | 5:30 p.m. – Hansen Hall, St. John’s Church (a monthly offering hosted by Matt Daly, Travis Helms, Brian Nystrom, and Nancy Shea)
More About Tess:
Tess Taylor, an avid gardener, is the author of five acclaimed collections of poetry including Work & Days, which was named one of the 10 best books of poetry of 2016 by the New York Times. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Kenyon Review, Poetry, Tin House, The Times Literary Supplement, CNN, and the New York Times. Taylor has been Distinguished Fulbright US Scholar at the Seamus Heaney Centre in Queen’s University in Northern Ireland, and the Anne Spencer Poet-in-Residence at Randolph College. She has also served as on-air poetry reviewer for NPR’s All Things Considered for over a decade. Taylor lives in El Cerrito, California, where she tends to fruit trees and backyard chickens.
