TEDxTraverse City- Jerry Dennis-Art of the blind leap-creativity needs risk May 26, 2011

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Jerry Dennis is a nationally renowned writer whose essays on nature, culture, and the outdoors have appeared in The New York Times, Smithsonian, Audubon, Orion, National Geographic Traveler, and many other publications. His ten books, including 2009's Traverse City Reads selection, The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas, have appeared on national bestseller lists, have been translated into five languages, and are frequently taught in universities and high schools. Among his many awards are the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, the Michigan Author of the Year Award, and the Great Lakes Culture Award.

He has recently completed a book-length meditation on winter and our changing relationship with nature, and is at work on two new books. A PBS series based upon The Living Great Lakes is in developmen