Christopher Brown
@christopherbrown.bsky.social
Writer & lawyer. Author of A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY LOTS • Novels TROPIC OF KANSAS et al • urban nature newsletter FIELD NOTES • christopherbrown.com
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My new book A Natural History of Empty Lots is released today. I hope you like it—it distills 20 years of exploring the edgelands, working on rewilding projects, and trying to understand what such places teach us about our lives, history and future: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chris...
Field Notes from a long holiday break, with winter birds, roadside wanderers, and border crossings to and from the Tropic of Kansas: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/winter-con...
Winter contrails
No. 189
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January 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Field Notes from a long holiday break, with winter birds, roadside wanderers, and border crossings to and from the Tropic of Kansas: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/winter-con...
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Adam Curtis in 2030 looking at footage of the battle of Minneapolis that he has a banger Cocteau Twins song in mind for
a man in a yellow jacket has a label on the sleeve that says ' brooks brothers ' on it
ALT: a man in a yellow jacket has a label on the sleeve that says ' brooks brothers ' on it
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January 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Adam Curtis in 2030 looking at footage of the battle of Minneapolis that he has a banger Cocteau Twins song in mind for
Arrived back in the Tropic of Kansas yesterday after a week away in the Andes. Strange how getting back into one’s own country is (and has been since 9/11) the most fear-inducing part of the trip.
January 5, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Arrived back in the Tropic of Kansas yesterday after a week away in the Andes. Strange how getting back into one’s own country is (and has been since 9/11) the most fear-inducing part of the trip.
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“I know you’ve been promised a history of everything before, only to read an account of rice, or salt, or gunpowder, or cod…. But carbon dioxide is the real deal.” —Bill McKibben (@billmckibben.bsky.social) https://go.nybooks.com/3MWDwkO
It’s a Gas | Bill McKibben
I’m writing this in the last days of the northern hemisphere’s autumn in 2025. Over recent weeks we’ve seen a hurricane hit Jamaica with wind speeds a few
go.nybooks.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM
“I know you’ve been promised a history of everything before, only to read an account of rice, or salt, or gunpowder, or cod…. But carbon dioxide is the real deal.” —Bill McKibben (@billmckibben.bsky.social) https://go.nybooks.com/3MWDwkO
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Read what @christopherbrown.bsky.social has to say and then keep going and read all the recommendations. It's an amazing collections of books and ideas and other things this year.
Christopher Brown writes about his reading and viewing in 2025. " The worst new science fiction story I read this year was the widely-covered Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, a neoliberal manifesto of techno-progressive futurism..."
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The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2025, pt. 21: Christopher Brown
Viewers Like You by Christopher Brown Late one Saturday night in early December as the bustle of the year wound down, I o...
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December 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Read what @christopherbrown.bsky.social has to say and then keep going and read all the recommendations. It's an amazing collections of books and ideas and other things this year.
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Christopher Brown writes about his reading and viewing in 2025. " The worst new science fiction story I read this year was the widely-covered Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, a neoliberal manifesto of techno-progressive futurism..."
aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2025, pt. 21: Christopher Brown
Viewers Like You by Christopher Brown Late one Saturday night in early December as the bustle of the year wound down, I o...
aqueductpress.blogspot.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Christopher Brown writes about his reading and viewing in 2025. " The worst new science fiction story I read this year was the widely-covered Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, a neoliberal manifesto of techno-progressive futurism..."
aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
Scenes from an unplanned layover—a morning nature walk in a Miami airport business park
December 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Scenes from an unplanned layover—a morning nature walk in a Miami airport business park
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Not a bad haul for Xmas...I shall not be wanting for good reading material for at least a month or two. Maybe three. We'll see how it goes.
#booksky #richardpowers #charlesdickens @christopherbrown.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @jsnr.bsky.social #reading #clairetomalin #robmillerwriting
#booksky #richardpowers #charlesdickens @christopherbrown.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @jsnr.bsky.social #reading #clairetomalin #robmillerwriting
December 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Not a bad haul for Xmas...I shall not be wanting for good reading material for at least a month or two. Maybe three. We'll see how it goes.
#booksky #richardpowers #charlesdickens @christopherbrown.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @jsnr.bsky.social #reading #clairetomalin #robmillerwriting
#booksky #richardpowers #charlesdickens @christopherbrown.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @jsnr.bsky.social #reading #clairetomalin #robmillerwriting
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So long as most of it takes place in a hedge, go for it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
So long as most of it takes place in a hedge, go for it.
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And a story from August of this year. I'll be in the DF in January; I'd like to try and make a visit out there. www.archpaper.com/2025/08/lake...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
And a story from August of this year. I'll be in the DF in January; I'd like to try and make a visit out there. www.archpaper.com/2025/08/lake...
One wonders if they will keep it as a period thriller about the hunter who tried to take out an unnamed German dictator of the 1930s and missed, or if they will update it for a similar 21st century figure:
Big news in Hollywood today—
Benedict Cumbermatch plans on making a film of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male. It was previously adapted by Fritz Lang into Man Hunt (1941), starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, and a delicious George Sanders as the baddie.
Benedict Cumbermatch plans on making a film of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male. It was previously adapted by Fritz Lang into Man Hunt (1941), starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, and a delicious George Sanders as the baddie.
Benedict Cumberbatch Hoping To Adapt Classic British Novel ‘Rogue Male’ Next Year
Benedict Cumberbatch remains committed to adapting 'Rogue Male,' the classic British novel he says inspired Ian Fleming to write James Bond.
deadline.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
One wonders if they will keep it as a period thriller about the hunter who tried to take out an unnamed German dictator of the 1930s and missed, or if they will update it for a similar 21st century figure:
Amazing pictorial about the rewilding of Lake Texcoco, from decades of draining for a planned airport to the restoration of extensive migratory bird habitat:
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Amazing pictorial about the rewilding of Lake Texcoco, from decades of draining for a planned airport to the restoration of extensive migratory bird habitat:
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An especially good episode:
Field Notes from November in the East Austin edgelands, with frisky deer, late bloomers, cold moons, riverine fog, and the passing of a legend: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/spirits-of...
Spirits of the Rutting Moon
No. 188
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December 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
An especially good episode:
Field Notes from November in the East Austin edgelands, with frisky deer, late bloomers, cold moons, riverine fog, and the passing of a legend: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/spirits-of...
Spirits of the Rutting Moon
No. 188
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December 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Field Notes from November in the East Austin edgelands, with frisky deer, late bloomers, cold moons, riverine fog, and the passing of a legend: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/spirits-of...
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"Wilderness isn’t pristine and doesn’t exist somewhere
‘out there’ away and distinct from humans; it is a force
that is perpetually integrating, adapting, and thriving."
Chaney Hill reviews A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY
LOTS by Christopher Brown. @timberpress.bsky.social
‘out there’ away and distinct from humans; it is a force
that is perpetually integrating, adapting, and thriving."
Chaney Hill reviews A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY
LOTS by Christopher Brown. @timberpress.bsky.social
Resilience and Redemption in Austin’s Edgelands
A review of Christopher Brown’s “A Natural History of Empty Lots,” which records Brown’s exploration of the murky lines between “nature” and “civilization.…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Wilderness isn’t pristine and doesn’t exist somewhere
‘out there’ away and distinct from humans; it is a force
that is perpetually integrating, adapting, and thriving."
Chaney Hill reviews A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY
LOTS by Christopher Brown. @timberpress.bsky.social
‘out there’ away and distinct from humans; it is a force
that is perpetually integrating, adapting, and thriving."
Chaney Hill reviews A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY
LOTS by Christopher Brown. @timberpress.bsky.social
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For today’s #LayoverLibrary, I’m reading ‘A Natural History of Empty Lots’ by @christopherbrown.bsky.social. The book follows the author’s exploration of Austin’s urban wilds and advocates for their preservation in the face of irresponsible development.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
For today’s #LayoverLibrary, I’m reading ‘A Natural History of Empty Lots’ by @christopherbrown.bsky.social. The book follows the author’s exploration of Austin’s urban wilds and advocates for their preservation in the face of irresponsible development.
Waiting for take-out and reading the paper here in the Tropic of Kansas:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Waiting for take-out and reading the paper here in the Tropic of Kansas:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Wednesday evening I'll be teaching an online class for @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social on nature writing in the 21st century—as both genre in its own right and essential element for writers in any genre. It should be a lot of fun—details & sign-up here: writersleague.org/calendar/wri...
“Writing the Natural World: A 21st Century Reboot” with Christopher Brown
$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members For any writer in any genre, nature is a presence in the narrative, whether as the central focus or ambient background. Writing the natural world presents a tre…
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November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Wednesday evening I'll be teaching an online class for @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social on nature writing in the 21st century—as both genre in its own right and essential element for writers in any genre. It should be a lot of fun—details & sign-up here: writersleague.org/calendar/wri...
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A beautiful Sunday morning read by @christopherbrown.bsky.social full of rain and fog fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/an-ofrenda...
An Ofrenda for the Killdeer
No. 187
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November 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A beautiful Sunday morning read by @christopherbrown.bsky.social full of rain and fog fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/an-ofrenda...
A walk in the forgotten wetland under the overpass, a father-daughter outing to an active shooter event, plus rain lilies, film photos, and a kitchen counter moth promising a Roger Dean dream, in this week's Halloween x Todos Santos Field Notes: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/an-ofrenda...
An Ofrenda for the Killdeer
No. 187
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November 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A walk in the forgotten wetland under the overpass, a father-daughter outing to an active shooter event, plus rain lilies, film photos, and a kitchen counter moth promising a Roger Dean dream, in this week's Halloween x Todos Santos Field Notes: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/an-ofrenda...
Got some film back
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Got some film back
Ambient kingfisher
saying thank you for the rain 🌦️🙏
saying thank you for the rain 🌦️🙏
October 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Ambient kingfisher
saying thank you for the rain 🌦️🙏
saying thank you for the rain 🌦️🙏
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enjoyed this (esp lengthy discursion on the American way of dealing with leaves), as i always do when i read Chris
Some Field Notes from the beginning of autumn in Texas, with leaf blower wars, cryptids, river clean-ups, and the politics of yard work: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/blow-force...
Blow Force, Burn Force, Chupacabra
No. 186
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October 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
enjoyed this (esp lengthy discursion on the American way of dealing with leaves), as i always do when i read Chris
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Hard to beat “seeking the hand-blistered zen of the rake.”
Always an enjoyable read.
Always an enjoyable read.
Some Field Notes from the beginning of autumn in Texas, with leaf blower wars, cryptids, river clean-ups, and the politics of yard work: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/blow-force...
Blow Force, Burn Force, Chupacabra
No. 186
fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Hard to beat “seeking the hand-blistered zen of the rake.”
Always an enjoyable read.
Always an enjoyable read.
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Went to a great @litquake.org program w/ Josh Jackson & his new book THE ENDURING WILD www.forgottenlandsproject.com/the-book. A clear-eyed take on the beauty & degradation of public lands. It pairs well with @christopherbrown.bsky.social ‘s work on urban wildlands, to my mind. Rays of light & hope.
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Discover 'The Enduring Wild,' a captivating journey through California's vast public lands by Josh Jackson. Pre-order now and receive a free set of postcards.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Went to a great @litquake.org program w/ Josh Jackson & his new book THE ENDURING WILD www.forgottenlandsproject.com/the-book. A clear-eyed take on the beauty & degradation of public lands. It pairs well with @christopherbrown.bsky.social ‘s work on urban wildlands, to my mind. Rays of light & hope.