Cancelled- Christopher Merrill is the author of The Way to the Salt Marsh, an anthology of John Hay’s essays and poetry about nature.  According to Merrill, John Hay is “the nature writer’s writer.”  Merrill’s presentation will incorporate selected readings from this book.  As director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa since 2000, Merrill has conducted cultural diplomacy missions to more than fifty countries. He served on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO from 2011-2018, and in April 2012 President Barack Obama appointed him to the National Council on the Humanities. 

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