Poor Man's Feast
Elissa Altman, Eleanor AnstrutherThe James Beard Award-winning narrative journal about the intersection of sustenance, storytelling, and the creative spirit (and sometimes, a recipe).
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 337 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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bring me lilacs from your garden
They were all she wanted, and all she asked me for.
But our lilacs were over days earlier, going dark on the stem for another year. So I parked near the small, dank apartment she was renting in order to be close to the hospital, and walked...
what I know
A List, at Sixty(three)
On June 29th, 2023, I wrote this list on the occasion of my sixtieth birthday. It all still holds, and on the 29th this year, I will be adding to it. But for now, here is what I knew in 2023, what I thought I knew,...
I am living; I remember you
Accompanying her on her fiftieth birthday, 1985, NYC.
Don’t tell them, she would have said. Why would you tell them?
If I close my eyes, I can see her, nostrils flaring, fuschia lips curling in to a straight line pulled taut from cheek t...
my father, my friend
Spring 1982, in front of the Shalimar Diner, Queens NY
If it is possible to hold one’s breath for fifteen years, we did.
We took in oxygen in small sips to make it last, like one would drink water while crossing The Sinai on foot.
T...
a round-up for the weekend
A few good things to share....
But first, can I just say: THE KNICKS! And SCOTLAND!
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Elissa Altman is the award-winning author of PERMISSION: The New Memoirist and the Courage to Create (GODINE), and memoirs Motherland, Treyf, and Poor Man's Feast. Her new book, WHERE YOU USED TO BE, is forthcoming from Godine.
A PERFECT EXPLANATION (Salt Books) A MEMOIR IN 65 POSTCARDS & THE RECOVERY DIARIES (Troubador) IN JUDGEMENT OF OTHERS (Troubador) FALLOUT (Empress Editions) - rep'd by Jenny Savill ANA
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