More from KUOW Brian Payton Discusses 'The Wind Is Not A River' KUOW Published March 5, 2014 at 3:42 PM AKST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 11:49 Brian Payton's book "The Wind Is Not A River." Steve Scher talks with author Brian Payton about his new book "The Wind Is Not A River." The story is about the Japanese occupation of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska during World War II.