Melissa L. Sevigny is the author of Brave the Wild River (W.W. Norton, 2023), Mythical River (University of Iowa Press, 2016), and Under Desert Skies (University of Arizona Press, 2016). Her writing has appeared in Orion, The Atavist Magazine, River Teeth, City Creatures, Terrain.org, Fourth Genre, Flyway, and elsewhere. She earned a B.S. in Environmental Science & Policy from the University of Arizona and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Environment from Iowa State University. Her lyrical nonfiction explores the intersections of science, nature, and history, with a focus on the American Southwest.
Brave the Wild River tells the couragous story of two botanists, the expedition leader, a zoologist and their boatmen who travailed the Colorado River in the 1930s, documenting the then unidentified flowers and plants along the demanding waterway that runs through the Grand Canyon.
Please register to attend this virtual event. Contact mzimmerman@alexlibraryva.org for more information.
Facilitated by the Alexandria Library, this program is designed to create shared experiences through reading. Everyone is invited to read the featured titles and selected books for younger readers. This year's theme is "courage."
Photo by Alex Knapp.
