The Sunday October 11 edition of the New York Time Magazine is called "The Food Issue." You'll find many strong articles in it, all available on line at www.nytimes.com/magazine. Of special interest is a piece by Jonathan Safran Foer, entitled "Against Meat." While the article does include various facts and figures as to the impact of meat consumption on our health, the environment, and the animals, it is not a fact-filled didactic article. It is, instead, an essay on one man's struggle with the ethics of meat eating, grounded in tales of his grandmother's kitchen, and written in the tender and highly personal style of the renowned author of the luminescent novel, "Everything is Illuminated." I think the last lines of this piece are among the most beautiful final lines that I have ever read. Treat yourself to the article, which you will find on line at
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11foer-t.html
Then please send an appreciative letter to the editor, sharing your reasons for choosing a plant based diet.
The Magazine section takes letters at magazine@nytimes.com
Always include your full name, address, and daytime phone number when sending a letter to the editor. Remember that shorter letters are more likely to be published.
I send thanks to both Susan Clay and Lew Regenstein, as I so often do, not just for their constant support and beautiful work for the animals, but in particular for making sure we all saw this article.
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
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Please go to www.ThankingtheMonkey.com for a fun celeb-studded promo video and information on Karen Dawn's book, "Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way we Treat Animals," which was chosen by the Washington Post as one of the "Best Books of 2008." And check out Karen's new blog at www.ThankingtheMonkey.com/blog !
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Date: Sun Oct 11 20:58:41 2009
