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An Extravagant Hunger

“MFK Fisher wrote like an angel, but there was an earthy passion and utter indulgence in her books… that entwined memories of how she lived and what she ate.” See also Recession cooking with MFK Fisher and Kate C. on Consider the Oyster.

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In case you needed reasons to read Carol Edgarian

I’m delighted to see Maslin’s praise in the Times for Carol Edgarian’s excellent Three Stages of Amazement (“turbulent, fiercely compelling”). I met and read Edgarian after she published me at Narrative, and I’m so glad I did. I talk with her at McNally Jackson on March 17, at 7 p.m.

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On the intermittent return of childhood accents

I had a Texan drawl as a child and on occasion, when I drink and get riled up, it resurfaces. No one seems sure how serious I’m being when the accent comes out, and honestly I’m not either, but my old poker crew came to accept (expect?) it when we were talking trash. This Friday Night Lights binge has exacerbated . . .

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The Awl hires my pal Carrie Frye, I rejoice

My dearest Carrie Frye joins The Awl as managing editor. Carrie is better known in these parts as CAAF, coiner of “Nicht Kunts,” and bringer of guilt whenever I’m not writing. She’s pounding out her own book on a Galaxie typewriter.

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