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Veganism

The Emergence of Vegan Studies: Q & A with Laura Wright, author of Through a Vegan Studies Lens

August 25, 2019 by John Yunker

Laura Wright is a professor of English at Western Carolina University.  In 2015, she introduced the field of Vegan Studies through her book The Vegan Studies Project: Food, Animals, and …

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Categories Animal Rights, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, For Writers, Oceans, Q&A, Veganism

Book Review: Katy’s Song by Alison Reese

August 23, 2019 by Midge Raymond

Katy’s Song by Alison Reese is a warm, witty vegan love story, perfect for any romance reader as well as a fun read for vegans and those interested in vegan …

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Categories Book Reviews, Fiction, Veganism

Allowed to Grow Old, Portraits of Elderly Animals From Farm Sanctuaries

August 21, 2019 by JoeAnn Hart

By Isa Leshko Foreword by Sy Montgomery Essays by Gene Baur and Anne Wilkes Tucker University of Chicago Press, 2019 First, a disclaimer. While I wouldn’t call it a sanctuary, …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, Essays, Nonfiction, Veganism

Notes from the ASLE Conference in Davis, California

July 5, 2019 by John Yunker

ASLE is the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. Every other year, the organization hosts a conference; this year it was at the University of California at …

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Categories Book Publishers, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecomedia, Endangered Species, Events, Oceans, Trees, Veganism, Writing Opportunities

Dominion: A Christian writes about hunting, factory farming, and other sins against animals

June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 by John Yunker

Several years ago, I heard about a Republican, a former speech writer for George W. Bush, who had written a book in favor of protecting animals. I also heard that …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Hunting, Nonfiction, Oceans, Veganism

Happy Earth Day

April 22, 2019 by Midge Raymond

Even though every day is Earth Day at EcoLit Books, we wish you all a lovely day and hope it includes some quality time outdoors, with animals, and enjoying all …

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Categories Anthropocene, Conservation, Veganism

The One-Straw Revolution: On saving the planet, one garden at a time

September 29, 2019March 29, 2019 by John Yunker

I thought I knew a thing or two about gardening. But since undertaking a rather intensive gardener training program I now know just how little I actually knew about gardening. …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, New York Review Books Classics, Nonfiction, Organic Farming, Veganism

The Sexual Politics of Meat, 20 Years Later

September 29, 2019March 25, 2019 by John Yunker

The other day I saw an ad for a new model of Audi. In it, a woman enters a butcher shop, and the butcher, a female, knowing that this woman …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Bloomsbury, Contest, For Writers, Veganism, Writing Opportunities

Book Review: Through a Vegan Studies Lens

September 29, 2019March 8, 2019 by Midge Raymond

Through a Vegan Studies Lens: Textual Ethics and Lived Activism, edited by Laura Wright, is part of the series “Cultural Ecologies of Food in the 21st Century” from the University …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Publishers, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Essays, Nonfiction, Pets, University of Nevada Press, Veganism

For the Animals: Ethical Vegetarianism and Veganism

September 29, 2019March 1, 2019 by John Yunker

The cover of Ethical Vegetarianism and Veganism, a collection of essays edited by Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey, features a photograph of a rescued chicken taken by Jo-Anne McArthur. Rescued …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Publishers, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Insects, Nonfiction, Routledge, Veganism

Book Review: The Cow with Ear Tag #1389

September 29, 2019January 15, 2019 by John Yunker

We want to believe that cows live happy lives. From our childhoods of Old MacDonald and his farm, field trips and cartoons and stuffed animals, we are raised to believe …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, University of Chicago Press, Veganism
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