Friday, October 24, 2014

Hanne Blank on M.F.K. Fisher and the Art of Seduction - And New York City Is a Hell You Can Never Leave

Hanne Blank on M.F.K. Fisher and the Art of Seduction: An Excerpt From 'Icon'

In the new book Icon, edited by Amy Scholder, fearless feminist writers and Rick Moody talk about some of our most notorious, beguiling, and trailblazing feminist figures. It’s a stacked lineup of fascination, including Mary Gaitskill on Linda Lovelace, Kate Zambreno on Kathy Acker, Danielle Henderson on bell hooks, and Johanna Fateman on Andrea Dworkin. One of my favorite essays was Hanne Blank’s sensual look at how seduction works in the food-and-everything writing of M.F.K. Fisher.
Read an excerpt from Blank’s essay below; Icon is now available in stores and online. — Elisabeth Donnelly … Read More 

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