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

By Hanne Blank on Oct 23, 2014 1- Flavorwire

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 

‘Never Can Say Goodbye': New York City Is a Hell You Can Never Leave

By Jonathon Sturgeon on Oct 2‘3, 2014 - Flavorwire

Hell’s Kitchen. Hell Gate. Richard Hell. The signs (and wonders) are everywhere. Abandon all hope: New York City is a living Hell of renegade capital, exploited labor, racial hatred, institutional misogyny, and bodega cats. You must say goodbye.
Or is it a neoliberal paradise, imperfect yet lovable, where capital and culture and rats roam free? … Read More