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Veganism

Book Review: Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (translated from the Spanish by Sarah Moses)

February 10, 2021 by Lillie Gardner

In Tender is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica expertly crafts a horrifying reality that feels too contemporary to be the future. A virus has decimated the world’s animal population. Societies around …

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Categories Book Reviews, Fiction, Simon & Schuster, Veganism

Upcoming event: Evolving Beyond Animal Ag

January 30, 2021 by John Yunker

Imagine that you’re an nth-generation farmer and you’ve been raised to continue business as usual in animal agriculture. But you can’t help but notice that the world is changing around …

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Categories Animal Rights, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Education, Events, For Writers, Organic Farming, Plants, Pollution, Sustainability, Veganism

Animal Resistance: When animals fight back and when humans listen

August 9, 2025January 18, 2021 by John Yunker
Animal Resistance

In the first chapter of Animal Resistance in the Global Capitalist Era, Sarat Colling tells the story of Emily, possibly the most famous cow to have escaped a slaughterhouse. It …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Michigan State University Press, Nonfiction, Pets, Topics, Veganism, What we're reading

Book Review: The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan

January 1, 2021 by Midge Raymond

There’s nothing like a new year to inspire lifestyle changes, and there is no better time than now to pick up The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan by Jasmin Singer …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Education, Hachette Book Group, Nonfiction, Sustainability, Veganism

Announcing Writing for Animals: A 4-week writing program

December 3, 2020 by John Yunker

I’m pleased to announce a rather unique program to be taught next month by myself and Midge Raymond. I hope you can join us… Writing for Animals is a four-week …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Anthropocene, Birds, For Writers, Hunting, Journals and Magazines, Pets, Topics, Veganism, Writing Opportunities

Maverick: A life among animals, reconsidered

October 16, 2020 by John Yunker

At the opening of the essay collection Maverick, Laura Jean Schneider writes: I’m in the third generation of butchers in my family. As a family, we slaughtered and butchered most …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Hunting, Nonfiction, Pets, Veganism

Writing for deer; writing for animals

July 21, 2020 by John Yunker

Summer in Ashland, Oregon, means fawns following their mothers through the streets of our small town. The local deer are, sadly, a contentious issue. Many residents resent their appetites for …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, For Writers, Hunting, Success Story, Veganism, What we're reading

Book Review: Phoenix Zones by Hope Ferdowsian

June 30, 2020 by Midge Raymond

Phoenix Zones: Where Strength Is Born and Resilience Lives by Hope Ferdowsian, MD, is among the many compassionate, powerful, inspiring books the world needs now. This slender book about trauma …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Education, History, Nonfiction, University of Chicago Press, Veganism, Wolves

Book review: PROTEST KITCHEN by Carol J. Adams and Virginia Messina

May 27, 2020 by Midge Raymond

Carol J. Adams, best known for her groundbreaking book The Sexual Politics of Meat, has teamed up with dietician Virginia Messina to create Protest Kitchen: Fight Injustice, Save the Planet, …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Education, Nonfiction, Veganism

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 …

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Categories Animal Rights, For Writers, Graywolf, Q&A, Veganism, What we're reading

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 …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Fiction, Graywolf, Veganism
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