Lisa 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 Review , Northwest Review , Cream City Review , Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction , Connecticut Review , Shenandoah , Creative Nonfiction , Prairie Schooner , Iowa Review , and Georgia Review . Knopp is a Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, where she teaches courses in creative nonfiction. She grew up in Burlington, Iowa, and now lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. For further information on Lisa Knopp, visit www.lisaknopp.com.