An irreplaceable Reading online with Terry Tempest Williams & Eli Nixon 12/5/24

A celebration of the publication of irreplaceable:
a collective praise poem for Great Salt Lake.
Free with registration, everyone is invited!
Thursday, December 5th 6-7:15 pm MST
On Zoom
Our Program
Screening of the short film irreplaceable, directed by John Meier.
Opening remarks from Lisa Bickmore, Poet Laureate of Utah
Readings from Special Guests
Terry Tempest Williams
Eli Nixon
Irreplaceable Readers
Moudi Sbeity
Sam Wallen
Tiffany Burns
Kai Lameman
Bree Matheson
Taylor Jenson
Angela Brown
Erin Geesaman Rabke
Willy Paloma
Paula Volpin Evershed
Nini Rich
nan seymour

About the Book
The newly published irreplaceable: a collective praise poem for Great Salt Lake, composed by the poet nan seymour, is a community prayer for the replenishment of an ecosystem on a precipice. The book begins with a forward by Terry Tempest Williams which underscores the peril of this irreplaceable refuge and hemispherically essential lake.

Over 400 voices sing their praises in this chorus: sixth graders, brine shrimpers, birders, queer artists, Indigenous elders, scientists, and spell-casters, alongside scores of others who proclaim this lake beloved. The poem is still being written as the vigil keepers write, sing, and dance in celebration of the sacred lake and all of the species she sustains. They dedicate their jubilance, grief, and reverence as they invite readers to join in bearing witness. Every voice counts. Our work will be finished when the lake is replenished and her personal right to flourish is fully protected.