DEATH IS EVERYWHERE IN THE DESERT — IT'S WHERE CLAIRE VAYE WATKINS FEELS MOST ALIVE

Living in the desert is "not for everybody," says Watkins. Her home, in the Mojave Desert near Death Valley, is staggeringly beautiful and brutal.

NPR Topics: Culture reports that living in the desert is "not for everybody," says Watkins.

The report adds: Her home, in the Mojave Desert near Death Valley, is staggeringly beautiful and brutal.

Her new novel Yellow Pine shares this landscape.

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