A second, much larger wake was held in May, just outside his beloved Arches National Park, with such notables as Terry Tempest Williams and Wendell Berry speaking.
Terry Tempest Williams (born 1955), American author, naturalist, and environmental activist
John Williams | Terry Gilliam | Robin Williams | Robbie Williams | Tennessee Williams | Williams College | The Tempest | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Terry Pratchett | Ted Williams | Vanessa L. Williams | Terry Riley | Terry Bradshaw | William Carlos Williams | Terry Jones | Terry Wogan | Hank Williams, Jr. | Hank Williams | Don Williams | Williams | Shirley Williams | Lucinda Williams | Andy Williams | Victoria Williams | Serena Williams | Ellen Terry | Brian Williams | Vanessa Williams | Esther Williams | Paul Williams |
Noted authors who have been associated with the Port Townsend Writers' Conference over the years include Margaret Atwood, Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ken Kesey, Carolyn Forché, Belle Randall, Barry Lopez, Tom Robbins, Sam Hamill, Marvin Bell, Sherman Alexie, David Guterson, Terry Tempest Williams and Frank Herbert.
Contributors and interview subjects since then include Alison Hawthorne Deming, David Quammen, Lauret Savoy, Terry Tempest Williams, Joy Harjo, Sandra Steingraber, Scott Russell Sanders, Kathryn Miles, Gary Snyder, and many others.
The New Patriotism Series is a project embarked upon by the Orion Society on the Thoughts on America Initiative to present the events of September 11 attacks and the emerging "new world order" through the eyes of several writers including Wendell Berry, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Richard Nelson, and David James Duncan.