An interview with My Days of Dark Green Euphoria author A.E. Copenhaver
Hailey: Thank you so much for taking the time to discuss your work, Athena. My Days of Dark Green Euphoria is such a wildly funny and richly thematic novel. I …
Novels for Animal Lovers
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 …
Interview with BARN 8 author Deb Olin Unferth
Thanks so much to Deb Olin Unferth for chatting with us about her new novel, Barn 8 from Graywolf Press. EcoLit Books: For your article “Cage Wars,” published by Harper’s in 2014, your research included …
Book Review: Deb Olin Unferth’s BARN 8
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 …
The Emergence of Vegan Studies: Q & A with Laura Wright, author of Through a Vegan Studies Lens
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 Gender in …
Book Review: Through a Vegan Studies Lens
I am thrilled to see this book out in the world—and not only because it contains a literature-themed essay by Ashland Creek Press and EcoLit Books co-founder John Yunker, or …
The artists helping us hear what animals have to say
So much of animal activism is focused around what one sees — witnessing the beauty as well as the suffering of the animals we share this planet with. But what …
The necessary evolution of environmental writing
Halfway through reading The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod by Henry Beston, I came across the following passage: “A new danger, moreover, …
Welcome to Vegan Authors
Just as vegans often wonder if a meal is vegan, they may also wonder if the author of a book is vegan. Which is why we created this website. This …