There’s a new kind of first-person narrative nonfiction book growing in popularity, and it is moving away from traditional commercial memoir as “misery lit” following a single template of story structure, the hero’s journey. We’re into the twenty-twenties now, and I see a pattern emerging among these new kinds of nonfiction books: a distinctive narrator’s voice, expository information about a subject matter separate from the… [Read More]
Filed Under: Book of Eels, Eva Holland, Horse Crazy, Kate Lebo, Lilly Dancyger, Lulu Miller, Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, Negative Space, Nerve, Patrik Svensson, Sarah Maslin Nir, The Book of Difficult Fruit, Why Fish Don't Exist
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Passion for good, simple, healthy food is something farmers and hunters share with chefs, urban homesteaders and metropolitan diners in these new books about meat and so much more. It’s become cool to be carnivore. Farmer and evangelist for the grass-fed movement, Joel Salatin’s new book, Folks This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World (Hatchette 2011) points… [Read More]
Filed Under: Blood, Bones, Butter, Carnivore, Chefs, Cookbooks, Foodie memoirs, Gabrielle Hamilton, Georgia Pellgegrini, Hank Shaw, Hunting, Joel Salatin, Meat, Memoirs, Omnivore Books, Ruth Reichl, Stephane Reynaud, Tamar Adler