Thoreau Prize Honoring Ross Gay
Register to Attend The Thoreau Alliance announces that Ross Gay is the winner of the 2026 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing. On June 14, […]
Register to Attend The Thoreau Alliance announces that Ross Gay is the winner of the 2026 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing. On June 14, […]
Spring 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One essay per meeting. June 18: Slavery in Massachusetts Register Other Reading Group sessions: April 16: Night and Moonlight […]
“Nature is but another name for health,” Thoreau wrote in “Huckleberries,” an essay he left unpublished at his death at age 44 from tuberculosis. Thoreau celebrated health even as he […]
Meet and socialize with over 20 authors of classic and current books on Thoreau and Transcendentalism. Members and friends sell and sign their books during this active social […]
Fall 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One reading per meeting. September 8: "Where I lived and What I Lived For" from Walden. Download Reading. Register […]
The Center for the Study of World Religions, the Concord Free Public Library, and the Thoreau Alliance are launching a new collaborative series of public conversations in Concord. The series […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Join composer David Cieri for a special program at the Concord Conservatory of Music sharing the process of scoring the documentary Henry David Thoreau, […]
Register Join author Bruce Nichols for an evening discussing his book The Emerson Circle, a lively and captivating journey through the world of the Transcendentalists, America’s first group of public […]
Register for in-person or virtual attendance Join the editors and essayists of Thoreau & Philosophy for a conversation exploring Thoreau as one of America's most profound philosophical thinkers. Beyond […]
Register Join bestselling author, psychotherapist, and public thinker Thomas Moore for a conversation about his newest book, The Cure at Walden Pond, with author Richard Higgins. Drawing inspiration from Henry David […]
Fall 2026 Series: Exploring Thoreau’s Essays Together One Thursday per month. One reading per meeting. October 20: "Wild Apples" Download Reading. Register Other Reading Group sessions: September 8: "Where I […]