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Moab Today
By the People, for the People
Castle Valley Author Terry Tempest Williams Celebrates New Book "The Glorians"
Williams to host sunrise ceremony and book signing for her 18th publication on March 3.
Published on Feb. 27, 2026
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Acclaimed nature writer Terry Tempest Williams is celebrating the release of her new book "The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary" with a sunrise ceremony and afternoon book signing in Moab, Utah on March 3. The 336-page book explores themes of landscape, loss, and resistance through a lens of the "glorians" - ordinary, often overlooked presences that Williams encountered in dreams and daily life.
Why it matters
Williams is a fixture in the Moab literary and conservation community, and her work has established her as one of the West's most essential voices on the relationship between humans and the natural world. "The Glorians" has already generated significant national buzz, with the New York Times Book Review, Literary Hub, and Book Riot listing it among their most anticipated books of 2026.
The details
"The Glorians" weaves between the red rock desert of Utah and Harvard Divinity School, where Williams serves as writer-in-residence. The book moves through elegies, landscape meditations, and personal narratives about marriage, friendship, aging, and environmental loss. Notable passages address the death of nature writer Barry Lopez, the death of Williams' cat, the drought draining the Great Salt Lake, flooding in Castle Valley, and a campaign to save a centuries-old red oak tree on the Harvard campus.
- The sunrise celebration begins at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at Castle Valley Town Hall.
- The book signing runs from 3 to 5 p.m. on March 3, 2026 at Back of Beyond Books in Moab.
The players
Terry Tempest Williams
An acclaimed nature writer who has lived in Castle Valley, Utah for decades and has been a fixture of Moab's literary and conservation community. Her 1991 book "Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place" established her as one of the West's most essential voices on landscape, loss, and resistance.
Back of Beyond Books
An independent bookstore in Moab, Utah where the book signing for "The Glorians" will be held.
What they’re saying
“What do we fight for, and what do we let go of?”
— Terry Tempest Williams, Author (Moab Sun News)
“We can resist despair and complacency and act lovingly, fiercely on behalf of life in all its beautiful and endless manifestations with neighbors, friends, and colleagues.”
— Terry Tempest Williams, Author (The Glorians)
What’s next
The sunrise ceremony and book signing on March 3, 2026 are the key next steps for the release of "The Glorians".
The takeaway
Terry Tempest Williams' new book "The Glorians" celebrates the ordinary, often overlooked presences in daily life, using them as a metaphor to make the natural world visible again during a time of political fragility and climate chaos. Her work has established her as an essential voice on the relationship between humans and the environment in the American West.
