Graywolf Archives : EcoLit Books

Interview with BARN 8 author Deb Olin Unferth

April 19, 2020April 15, 2020 by Midge Raymond

Thanks so much to Deb Olin Unferth for chatting with us about her new novel, Barn 8, released last month from Graywolf Press. EcoLit Books: For your article “Cage Wars,” published by Harper’s in 2014, your research included visiting a commercial egg farm and watching unedited footage of undercover investigations. A lot of information portrayed in the article, …

Book Review: Deb Olin Unferth’s BARN 8

April 19, 2020April 15, 2020 by Midge Raymond

It’s rare to find a novel whose plot centers around animal rescue, and rarer still to encounter one that is deftly written and gets it (mostly) right—which is among the many reasons Deb Olin Unferth’s Barn 8 is both a terrific and important book. Barn 8 is not necessarily an animal-rights novel—the animals themselves come second to many …