Animal Rights

Animal Tales: Novels old and new that every animal lover should read

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From the snake tempting Adam and Eve to the sheep that saved Odysseus from the Cyclops, animals have featured prominently in literature from the very beginning of literature.  Today, animals …

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Writing Opportunity: Bellevue Literary Review

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I’m excited to be sharing this writing opportunity. It’s not every day that a literary journal asks specifically for animal-centric literature. The Bellevue Literary Review is publishing a theme issue …

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Book Review: Stowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat

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Cover of Stowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat by Joe Shute

We have the pandemic to thank for this eye-opening, empathetic and long-overdue tribute to one of our most misunderstood and widely despised relatives. The rat. And I use relative intentionally …

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Book Review: Our Kindred Creatures: The birth of the American animal rights movement

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Cover of Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do about Animals by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy

Imagine it is 1866 and you are strolling the streets of New York City. The first thing you might notice are the hundreds upon hundreds of horses pulling people in …

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Book Review: Of Cattle and Men: Heavy is the hand that holds the stun gun

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Cover of Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia, translated by Zoë Perry

There is a conversation, repeated several times, during the powerful novella Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia, translated by Zoë Perry: “Like they say in these parts: as …

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