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Lisa Knopp

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Burlington, Iowa, The United States

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Lisa Knopp is the author of six books of creative nonfiction.

Her most recent, Bread: A Memoir of Hunger (University of Missouri Press 2016), explores eating disorders and disordered eating as the result of a complex tangle of genetic, biological, familial, psychology, spiritual, and cultural forces through research and personal story. What the River Carries: Encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte (University of Missouri Press) won the Nebraska Book Award for Nonfiction in 2013 and was tied for second place in the 2013 ASLE (Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment) book awards.

Lisa’s essays have appeared in numerous literary publications including Missouri Review, Michigan Review, Iowa Review, Seneca Revie ...more

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Lisa Knopp I have little interest in fictional worlds. My choice would be to follow John Steinbeck and his poodle Charley on their journey around the United Stat…moreI have little interest in fictional worlds. My choice would be to follow John Steinbeck and his poodle Charley on their journey around the United States in the late summer and fall of 1960. This was a time when our nation was on the cusp of so much, such as the Civil Rights movement, a time when the interstate system was still new and hadn't yet completed it's transformation of road travel, a time before 24-hour cable news, a time before . . . (Travels with Charley)(less)

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Lisa Knopp Develop a writing schedule and stick to it. The muse will visit if she knows when and where to find you.

Read voraciously and promiscuously. Read like …moreDevelop a writing schedule and stick to it. The muse will visit if she knows when and where to find you.

Read voraciously and promiscuously. Read like a writer, always trying to figure out why an author made the choices that s/he did and which ones you want to try in your own writing. (less)

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Average rating: 3.91 · 114 ratings · 22 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bread: A Memoir of Hunger 3.58 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nature of Home: A Lexicon of Essays 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What the River Carries: Encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Your Friend, Carey Dean: Letters from Nebraska's Death Row 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interior Places 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flight Dreams: A Life in the Midwestern Landscape 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field of Vision 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creating Nonfiction: Lessons from the Voice of the Genre by Lee Gutkind (Editor), Robyn Jodlowski (Editor), Roy Peter Clark really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ravelings: Essays on Love, Loss, and Wonder really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Your Friend, Carey Dean: Letters from Nebraska’s Death Row 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars