NPR: Claire Vaye Watkins https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=g-s1-137588 en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:21:46 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Claire Vaye Watkins https://www.npr.org/tags/g-s1-137588/claire-vaye-watkins 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. Her new novel <em>Yellow Pine</em> shares this landscape. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:22:51 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2026/08/06/nx-s1-5921303/claire-vaye-watkins-yellow-pine https://www.npr.org/2026/08/06/nx-s1-5921303/claire-vaye-watkins-yellow-pine Yellow Pine.'/>

Living in the desert is "not for everybody," says Watkins. 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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