The Rippling of Rivers: ‘Open the Floodgates’ Gives Voice to a Waterway

The River, in San Anselmo author Nina Schuyler’s new novel, Open the Floodgates, is on trial to determine if it actually qualifies for “personhood.” Existing uncomfortably in the dark confines of the courtroom, surrounded by “man-stink,” the River listens as well-intentioned defenders tell stories of their memories of it, when it was clear and freeflowing. […]