Entanglement Radio With Angela Levesque

Lisa Knopp on Disordered Eating & Our True Hunger

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Synopsis

We hear often about the cultural messages leading to body image issues and eating disorders, but are there other factors at play? Is there a difference between eating disorders and disordered eating? Join us as Lisa Knopp shares her candid journey and some of the surprising insights she learned along the way about herself and the deep-seated cultural and biological factors involved. About the GuestLisa Knopp, author of Bread: A Memoir of Hunger, is also the author of five collections of essays, each of which explores the concepts of place, home, nature, and spirituality. What the River Carries: Encounters with the Mississippi, Missouri, and Platte was the winner of the 2013 Nebraska Book Award in the nonfiction/essay category and tied for second place in the 2013 ALSE (Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment) book awards for environmental creative nonfiction.Knopp’s essays have appeared in numerous literary publications including Missouri Review, Michigan Review, Iowa Review, Gettysburg Re