WILLIAMS MOVES TO WYO: Award-winning writer and Utah native Terry Tempest Williams is moving to Jackson with her husband, Brooke. Terry is the author of “Refuge,” “The Open Space of Democracy,” and “Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert.” She has conducted writing workshops and readings in WYO. She was a featured presenter at the 1991 (maybe it was 1992) Casper College Literary Conference and I still remember her impassioned reading of “The Clan of the One-Breasted Women” from “Refuge.” Guy Lebeda at the Utah Arts Council says she is a key member of the state’s writing community and a staunch supporter of the non-profit arts community. She has contributed her work to anthologies and literary magazines, often waiving any fee. On Nov. 2, 7 p.m., the Center of the American West will present Williams with the 2005 Wallace Stegner Award. She will also participate in a one-on-one conversation with historian and writer Patricia Limerick. The event takes place at the University Memorial Center, Glenn Miller Ballroom, University of Colorado at Boulder.

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