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Novelist Claire Vaye Watkins on the beauty & brutality of the desert
Claire Vaye Watkins' new novel, 'Yellow Pine,' is about a group of misfits and activists in the Mojave desert, fighting a corporate solar development. Living in the desert is "not for everybody," she tells Terry Gross. H...
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Novelist Claire Vaye Watkins on the beauty & brutality of the desert is an episode from Fresh Air by NPR. Claire Vaye Watkins' new novel, 'Yellow Pine,' is about a group of misfits and activists in the Mojave desert, fighting a corporate so...
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Published Aug 6, 2026, 46:22 long, audio available.
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