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Poppy Z. Brite
So many of the novels and movies set here are inaccurate and cliched to the point of being offensive, and we appreciate anything that gets it right.
Poppy Z. Brite
Probably a remnant of my days as a candymaker - I worked with all sorts of chocolate molds, though never a Napoleon mask.
Poppy Z. Brite
No, I don't feel at all settled into the horror niche; I feel a bit tired of it and seem to be moving in other directions.
Poppy Z. Brite
New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.
Poppy Z. Brite
My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.
Poppy Z. Brite
My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.
Poppy Z. Brite
My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted.
Poppy Z. Brite
Much of my travel has been related to my work, so I've been able to see how my work is received in other places.
Poppy Z. Brite
Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food.
Poppy Z. Brite
Liquor's menu certainly has some local touches, but as Rickey, the chef, says, the food is eclectic French-influenced - not Creole.