Alexandra Marvar is a freelance writer based in Savannah, Georgia. Find her writing in The New York Times, The Believer, The Guardian, The Nation, The Bitter Southerner and elsewhere. When she’s not writing, she might be birdwatching at Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, hiking the beach at the Cumberland Island National Seashore, or looking for a seafood shack that serves fresh local shrimp or wild oysters on the Georgia coast. REI member since 2019.