"Stunning and essential.”

George Saunders


“A breathtaking work of journalism. This is so in-depth and intriguing, well written and well edited, and sophisticated overall. It stands out above the rest in a very competitive category of food writing entries. I’m an award-winning food writer myself and I bow to this journalist. Incredible.”

–SD Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards, for
“Fish farm to table”

 

“You will not find a more riveting indictment anywhere of our reckless use of solitary confinement, nor one told through such a variety of moving, poignant voices.”

Adam Hochschild, author of “King Leopold’s Ghost”


“Deeply moving and profoundly unsettling.”

Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author


“This is a rare and courageous book.”

Ben Ehrenreich, journalist and author of Ether and The Suitors