Is a River Alive? Norman Wirzba In the safe and hidden

In the safe and hidden rooms where we

favor the plainspoken and the specific

"God had not just sent his Messiah into the world

Jake Weidmann also has firsthand experience of drawing near and relying on his Creator to guide his work

so she turned her attention toward creative writing

Is a River Alive? Norman Wirzba In the safe and hiddenHailed in the New York Times as "a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler," Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable