Richard Swan·Apr 172026 Thumbnail Review #11 Is a River Alive? by Robert MacfarlaneThis could be, should be, an important book. It’s certainly a topical one: it combines the headline topics of growing belief in non-human…
Mary Reynolds Thompson·Sep 23, 2025Wild Intuition, Not Gutless Gut-FeelingsOne of the most extraordinary examples of intuition I’ve come across is in Robert Macfarlane’s Is a River Alive? In one of the three river…
InThe New Climate.byMichele·Jul 14, 2025Can A River Really Be Alive?Macfarlane urges to abandon Western science for morality and ecology. This is dangerous and also futile: there is a better path within…
InThe EnvironmentbyMichele·May 29, 2025A River Is Not AliveIn his latest book Is a River Alive?, Robert Macfarlane invites us to ponder the aliveness of rivers but the reading can suggest an…A response icon1A response icon1
Travis Weninger·Apr 9, 2025Book Report: Underland by Robert MacfarlaneRobert Macfarlane’s Underland takes us across time and space to illuminate the hidden worlds that live below our feet. Throughout the book…
Michele·Mar 5, 2025Dear Robert Macfarlane, Is a river alive? Really?Its title carries the usual intension/extension bug: May the book’s content solve this issue!A response icon1A response icon1
Jamie Boraks·Jan 2, 2025A top 4 for 2024I’ve had better years than 2024. I took some risks that may or may not pay off, had some changes and news in my family that could have been…A response icon1A response icon1
InThe Way HomebyGaia Kriscak·Jun 13, 2024On Sensory Details and ImageryFundamentals of nature writing pt.1A response icon1A response icon1
Cornelia Powell·May 18, 2024Mutual LongingI never thought of “longing” as a powerful force in my life, much less giving in to its yearning, searching nature as a way to move my life…
