The River tells the story of a newly visible stream running through a city. The insistence of the body of water becomes of extreme fascination to the narrator, who lives suspended between restlessness and routine. As the river grows, filling lakes, ponds, and cracking parking lots, both scientists and community wonder at the current’s arrival. In turn, the narrator asks no questions at all. She reverts to hypotheses and desire, her attention absorbed by the river. Harris Bauer is a writer and editor living between Los Angeles and Brooklyn. She has worked on editorial projects and initiatives with Wendy’s Subway, Ugly Duckling Presse, and the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, and is the editor of the monthly wine zine, Visions. Her work has appeared in American Chordata, Ginger, and Sentiments: Expressions of Cultural Passage (Press Press). With Rachel Zaretzky, she co-runs Hosting Projects, a currently dormant curatorial initiative. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in Visual and Critical Studies, and is currently studying archival methods around historical memory and personal collections through the MA/MLIS dual-degree program at New York University and Long Island University.
