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Reporting from the Mississippi Delta on flood, loss, and the long memory of a region that refuses to be still.
A defense of curiosity for its own sake, in an age of optimization and frictionless relevance.
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Full Archive →About Alex Rivers
I'm a writer and journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. My essays and reporting focus on the overlooked corners of American life — the places and people that resist easy narrative.
I'm the author of Between the Lines (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023), a collection of essays about growing up between cultures. I hold an MFA from Columbia University and have been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony.
I'm available for commissions, speaking engagements, and conversations about writing.