My activism is a result of my love. So whether it's trying to preserve the wilderness in Southern Utah or writing about an erotics of place, it is that same impulse - to try to make sense of the world, to try to preserve something that is beautiful, to ask the tough questions, the push the boundaries of what is acceptable.

A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams (ed. Utah State Univ Pr, 2006) - ISBN: 9780874216349