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Conference Catch-Up Opening Keynote Speaker

May 31, 2022 7:58 AM | Deleted user

Conference Catch-Up

Opening Keynote Speaker

This year we welcome Taylor Brorby back to the conference. Some of you may remember our 2016 conference when he spoke about the environment, activism, and the book he had just edited, Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories about Fracking in America. Taylor has been busy since then. Teaching, writing, editing, getting arrested at a protest – that stuff will keep a person hopping! His newest book, Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land, is set to release June 7th. Taylor is also the newly appointed Annie Tanner Clark Fellow in Environmental Humanities and Environmental Justice at the Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah. Learn more about Taylor and his work here.

One of my first (and favorite!) memories of Taylor is from a gathering of friends one evening. He had been staying in Dickinson, conducting interviews regarding people’s experiences of change amidst the oil boom. Taylor told a story about himself - a boy in pink spandex standing in a field in central North Dakota. Apparently, some folks thought that was a little unusual! I so wished I could have met that boy. I am very much looking forward to learning more about him in the upcoming book. I have since learned to know the beautiful heart and mind of the man he has become. I know what he shares with us will challenge and inspire us to continue to strive to make our libraries even more inclusive and equitable.

Hear ye! Hear ye!

Last but not least... This year's conference will see a return of the Conference Book Club with the book Boys & Oil by Taylor Brorby.

Final logistics are in the works! In the meantime, start reading and come ready to enjoy a discussion.


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