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Is a River Alive?

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Travel writing, ecological reporting and history flow together in a portrait of one of nature’s most powerful features.

From the best-selling author of Underland and "the great nature writer…of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers—and life itself.


"As beautiful as the rivers and the hope he’s describing." —Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times


A New York Times Bestseller


Winner of the 2026 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award

Winner of the 2026 Nautilus Book Award

Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize

Special Jury Citation for the Banff Mountain B...

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