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The Matthiessen Talks: The Idolatry of Growth - How much is Enough?

When:

June 25, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Where:

Guild Hall, 158 Main St, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States

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Co-Presented by The Peter Matthiessen Center & Guild Hall We live in a culture that rarely questions growth. Expansion—of markets, wealth, productivity, even the self—is treated not only as an economic goal, but as a moral good. But what happens when growth begins to function as a belief system? What, in this framework, do we worship—and what do we lose? Moderated by writer and editor Nina Channing, this conversation brings together authors whose work engages these questions across literature, c