English writer Robert Macfarlane is often described as a nature and travel writer, but that label barely scratches the surface. His work — spanning books and collaborations with artists, musicians, documentarians and now, rivers themselves — is far more expansive. His latest book, "Is A River Alive?," asks that question not metaphorically but urgently, inviting us to rethink our relationship with the natural world at a fundamental level.
Macfarlane’s writing has always resisted easy categorization. Across his many books, including the dense and wondrous "Underland," he takes in everything around him with fluid, impeccably crafted prose —somehow managing to hold together science, myth, memory and movement in a single voice.
