How Close Does It Have to Get?
The Open Space of Democracy
In her writing and her life, Terry Tempest Williams expresses something better and higher in each of us. Here she wrestles with the question: "What are you willing to die for?" She weaves stories of personal loss and triumph that illuminate the idea that, perhaps, in the end, democracy is about listening - deeply, openly, even with a broken heart. Because, she says, the heart is the first home of democracy.
