You're interested in becoming a vegan but aren't sure what it will be like. You've just started out on your vegan journey and you're feeling isolated and wondering how to deal with friends and family. You've been a vegan for so long that you've forgotten the original impetus for your making the change and want to feel renewed. This book is for you. In the spirit of Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet and conceived of as a modern-day vade mecum, LETTERS TO A NEW VEGAN consists of 32 humorous, evocative, spirited and even tender epistles offering advice, counsel and inspiration from activists and leaders who've followed the vegan path for years. The aim is to ignite, sustain and refresh the passion and commitment of those who want to live more consciously and compassionately on the planet, with other people and with themselves. With contributions from: Demetrius Bagley Rick Bogle Maddie Cartwright Anne Dinshah Ashley Curtis Tracy Curtis Kara Davis Karen Davis, Ph.D. Jason Derry Daniel Earle Jean Forst Iselin Gambert Lara Goodman Ruby Goodman Jennifer Gloodt Julie Hanan Sangamithra Iyer Kare Kapelnikova Shelly Kaplan Madeleine Lifsey Alexa McCormack Jacqueline Morr Victoria Moran Linda Nelson Ingrid E. Newkirk Keane Southard Lynn Pauly Gretchen Primack Beth Lily Redwood Daniel Redwood Martin Rowe Kurt Schwemmer Angela Seiw Mark Turner