Water Bodies: Love Letters to the Most Abundant Substance on Earth

As the climate crisis simultaneously pinches water supplies and exacerbates flooding, some of the West's most thoughtful journalists, poets, and writers remind us that water isn't a natural resource to manage or a commodity to sell--nor do humans live out their lives at the scale of interstate river compacts, interbasin transfers, or 30-year projections. Rather, water is a force that's beguiling and seductive--and a creature whose knowledge and will supersedes our own. This diverse group of contributors shares intimate stories of rivers and snow patches, swimming holes and ephemeral streams. They also explore how waters shape our landscapes and our consciousness as they consider what becomes endangered when we lose sight of the power of water.