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Reading Water with Becca Lawton

Becca Lawton

A monthly newsletter by Rebecca Lawton (Becca), author, fluvial geologist, Grand Canyon river guide. Writing and living informed by reading the deep ways of water. New book: Boatwoman: A River Memoir (Bison, 2027).

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    Rebecca Lawton (Becca), author, fluvial geologist, Grand Canyon river guide. Aspiring bodhisattva. Writing & living informed by reading the deep ways of water. Never AI. New book: Boatwoman: A River Memoir (Bison/U Nebraska, 2027).

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