This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex.

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

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

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

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

My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very...

My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very...

Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book.

Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book.

I've tried to avoid labels, but they always find you.

I've tried to avoid labels, but they always find you.

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I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining...

Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had...

Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had...

And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't...

And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't...

I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on...

I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on...

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with...

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with...

I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve...

I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve...

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that...

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that...

My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.

My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.

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There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against...

In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been...

In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been...

In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that...

In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that...

In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or...

In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or...

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.