Lisa Knopp: 3 books
What the River Carries
Encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
In this informed and lyrical collection of interwoven essays, Lisa Knopp explores the physical and cultural geography of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte, rivers she has come to understand and cherish. At the same time, she contemplates how people experience landscape, identifying three primary...
by Lisa Knopp
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
“We must include Knopp among those whom Barry Lopez calls our ‘local geniuses of the American landscape,’” Fran Shaw remarks in the journal Parabola. And, indeed, in this new book, Lisa Knopp’s singular genius burrows deep into that landscape in showing us what it is to know, feel, and inhabit...
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A Memoir of Hunger
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
When she was 54, Lisa Knopp’s weight dropped to a number on the scale that she hadn’t seen since seventh grade. The severe food restricting that left her thin and sick when she was 15 and 25 had returned. This time, she was determined to understand the causes of her malady and how she could heal...