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Writing intersections of planetary story, personal lives, and other than human: Author Conversation with Cara Benson and Karen Terrey
Saturday October 10, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Tahoe City Library
An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment 
Join poet, essayist, and storyteller Cara Benson for a discussion of her new memoir with Karen
Terrey, Nevada County Poet Laureate. Building on a long writing friendship that started in
graduate school, this intimate conversation will explore questions of why a vulnerable and
individual human voice matters in the evolving world of AI, how to discover the intersection of
the larger planetary story within our personal lives, and methods for keeping our hearts in the
game of manifesting change as we collectively take care of the more than human. Benson will
also touch on the project of writing about her personal tragic loss, finding an agent, and
ultimately a publisher for her memoir.

*This author conversation is ideal for readers.

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Cara Benson

Presenter
Cara Benson is the author of the memoir An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment. Other writing has been published in The New York Times, Boston Review, Orion, Sierra Magazine, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Electric Literature, and selected fo... Read More →
avatar for Karen Terrey (KAT)

Karen Terrey (KAT)

Karen Terrey serves as Poet Laureate for Nevada County, CA, where her mission is to support a
welcoming arts community that encourages collaboration and growth. She's an editor andwriting coach, offering creative writing workshops online and in Truckee through her business,Tangled Roots Writing for clients of all ages.  Her award-winning poems have appeared inanthologies
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Saturday October 10, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Tahoe City Library 740 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe City
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