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  • Cover for Is a River Alive?

    Is a River Alive?

    by Robert MacFarlane

    Copyright 2025, W.W. Norton & Co

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    Rising from the Plains

    by John McPhee

    Copyright 1987, FSG

    Climate Change, Cultural Analysis

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    Sara Ahmed

    by No! The Art and Activism of Complaining

    Copyright 2026, Feminist Press

    Disability Theory, Race, Indigenous Issues, Cultural Analysis

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    Known and Strange Things

    by Teju Cole

    Copyright 2016, Random House

    Race, Cultural Analysis

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hey i'm winston. i read a lot for fun and to help me better understand and interrogate our world. this web-blog is where i chronicle some of my learning. i work as a technical product manager.