Nephi Craig’s Book Notes music playlist for his memoir Our Knives Will Save Us

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Nephi Craig’s memoir Our Knives Will Save Us brilliantly melds his own history and the culinary heritage of First Nations people. Booklist wrote of the book: “Our Knives Will Save Us shines with Craig’s admiration for Native people as he carves out a place for himself in the world of haute cuisine without sacrificing his connection with his heritage and community.” In his own words, here is Nephi Craig’s Book Notes music playlist for his memoir Our Knives Will Save Us: Songs of Survivance Song: Can It Be All So Simple|Artist: Wu-Tang ClanAlbum: Enter the Wu-Tang 36 Chambers This song paints a vivid picture and back in 1994, I could relate to wanting more from life and dreaming…