Some rivers have rights, but author Robert Macfarlane argues they’re also alive

Mongabay
Jun 24, 2025, 4:55 pm276 ptsTop
This week on Mongabay’s podcast, celebrated author and repeat Nobel Prize in Literature candidate Robert Macfarlane discusses his fascinating new book, Is a River Alive?, which both asks and provides answers to this compelling question, in his signature flowing prose. Its absorbing narrative takes the reader…

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