“This was what he disliked about Europeans … the obscene worship of food, the groaning tables of indigestibles at all hours.”
From Dawn Powell (1948) #foodhistory #eveningread #literature

“There was more voluptuous satisfaction in having been desired and withholding than in indifferent squandering” -Dawn Powell “The Locusts Have No King” (1948) #eveningread #literature #NYC #LitFic

#EveningRead “My #Gay Voice” by Guy Branum—if you can tolerate a little bit of heartbreak. Via Dylan Marron. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/my-gay-voice.html