Book
The Vegetarian’s Guide to Eating Meat: A Young Woman’s Search for Ethical Food, published by Greystone Books, April 2017
“…a nourishing combination of journalistic inquiry, personal recollection, and rallying cry that just might change your life.” —Benjamin Percy, author of Thrill Me, The Dead Lands, Red Moon, The Wilding and Refresh, Refresh
“A heartfelt quest for connection, belonging, and honest eating…” —Tovar Cerulli, author of The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance
Available for purchase directly from the publisher, Amazon, or your favorite local, independent bookstore.
Read an excerpt of the book at Littsburgh, or check out media coverage on the appearances page.
Selected Food Writing Online
- “Not Your Grandmother’s Meatballs,” The Atlantic
- “Slaughterhouse,” an audio essay, Alimentum
- “The Fall of the Zen Butcher,” The Atlantic
- “Catch and Release,” Guernica
- “Turkey Soup” River Teeth’s “Beautiful Things”
- Archived monthly column, “Breaking Vegetarian,” at Paste online
Selected Essays Online
- “Home; Akin to Haunt,” Witness
- “Michael Vick Isn’t the Only Problem: Steelers Fans Need to Talk About Rape Culture,” Salon
- “Dear Students,” The Manifest-Station
- “Tangle and Bruise and Break: A Love Poem,” The Nervous Breakdown
- “Central Standard Time,” Newfound
- “The Muscle of Beauty, The Body as Protest,” The Rumpus
- “The Weight of Our Tracks,” The Nervous Breakdown
- “Inventory” Prick of the Spindle
- “Wish List” Diagram, Volume 8.5, 2008
Craft Articles and Reviews
- “Observations in Reading Submissions for a Literary Journal,” Barrelhouse
- “Seven Nonfiction Writers on the Natural World,” Vela
- “My Favorite Essay to Teach: On Eula Biss’ ‘Time and Distance Overcome,'” In Present Tense, Assay
- “Hello New Year, Hello 30: Amy Monticello and Marissa Landrigan in Conversation,” Her Kind: A Blog Powered by VIDA
- “You Will Never Know: A Review of Amy Monticello’s Close Quarters,” The Nervous Breakdown
A complete list of publications can be found on my CV.
MARISSA LANDRIGAN 