William Homestead Reads from New Book

Putney resident William Homestead is an associate professor and is also the author of An Ecology of Communication: Response and Responsibility in an Age of Ecocrisis , and The Active Soul: Emerson and Thoreau on Reform and Civil Disobedience (forthcoming from Mercer University Press in May 2025). He had a long association with the Ometeca Institute, an education nonprofit devoted to the integration of the sciences and the humanities and dialogue among scholars from diverse countries, especially the US and within Latin America. His work with Ometeca, along with his interdisciplinary degrees (MS in Environmental Studies, MA in Communication Studies, and MFA in Creative Writing), study with a spiritual teacher, and hiking experiences, informs his writing and teaching.