1. I was in my twenties and living in the sort of apartment one lives in in one’s twenties, ramshackle … More
Category: Flavor Town USA
Calling all gluttons, picky eaters, fry cooks, servers: get on the grill with the burnt edges for HFR. Welcome to “Flavortown USA,” where food writing takes on a whole new spin.
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Sugar Eaters” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
they was sittin round the fireplace sippin tea & eatin fruitcake on crushed velvet divans with bronze claw feet on … More
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Shrimpboat Captain” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
on the island of if,the shrimpboat captain dreams of geckosclimbing up cave walls,catching them & setting them free. when he wakes … More
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Bloated Whale & The Barfly” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
we was sittin along the bywater drinkin white wine spritzers,when a dead whale washed up on the shore all … More
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Animal Garden” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
follow the bagpipes into the animal garden,where the poet sharpens his pencils& scratches flea dog with a fire poker,where … More
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Lowcountry Chef” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
down on the banks of the Ocmulgee River,we ride that coal train to the steps of the cemetery,where the … More
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Hourglasses” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
“Shiny Shiny,” a Flavor Town USA short story by Mollie Schofer
WHEN YOU LIVE IN A forest, there isn’t much to do but lie on your side and eat the … More
Six Flavor Town USA Poems by Eddie Kim
Untitled(With Final Line from Roethke) An elegant and corpulent diner in Costco sweatsis dancing at this buffet—the way chopsticks … More
“Requiem: Fin Inn,” a Flavor Town USA poem by Avery Gregurich
for M.T. Let’s debate ovals, acoustics, the moral virtues ofcurveballs. We’ll do it loud, live, staggering atopthe trusses of … More
Flavor Town USA Fiction: “Dangerous Soup” by Alicia Bones
Diner comment cards from The Wild Boar: “The soup’s the only thing I ever order because it’s the … More
Flavor Town USA: Five Capsicum Poems by Steven Ray Smith
Tabasco I repeatI was not named afterthat vinegary tincture you sluice upon your cackleberries You and I have not … More