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Poppy Z. Brite

American

May 25, 1967

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New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

Tags: Than New Rather

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I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.

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Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction.

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In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that laughed in all the places I thought were funny - an experience I've never had in America!

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I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras.

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I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written a book like Liquor without him and the people he introduces me to and the stories he brings home.

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I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't lived here for several years.

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