Claire Vaye Watkins

I mean, that would be great.

Or like a Claire Vaye Watkins adaptation.

Oh.

Or even, um-

Today, two storytellers take on tales of resistance and rebellion.

Author Claire Vaye Watkins lives in the Mojave Desert, just like the protagonist in her new novel, in an area being developed by an energy company wreaking havoc on the environment.

The locals protest, but the novel explores whether they actually have the power to defeat a corporate project already underway.

And director Paul Greengrass' new film, "The Uprising," examines what happens when people reach their breaking point.

I'm Tonya Mosley.

Terry has our first interview.

Like the main character in her new novel, Claire Vaye Watkins lives in the Mojave Desert near Death Valley.

Also like in the novel, the desert around her is being developed by an energy company for solar energy.

I'm in.

One book that I did read over the summer, I think I told you about it, but it's been really inspiring, is Claire Vaye Watkins' Battle Born.

Yeah.

And it's a novel written in stories, and it's also autofiction, and I didn't know this, and I don't wanna ...