This Spring, the OA will focus on food.
Through fresh reporting, in-depth profiles, and daring personal essays, this issue will explore what we eat: people, industries, and tastes that both build and challenge our ideas of Southern food.
Brian Blanchfield
About
Brian Blanchfield is the author of three books of poetry and prose, most recently Proxies: Essays Near Knowing. The recipient of a 2016 Whiting Award in Nonfiction and the 2014 James Laughlin Award, he currently lives in Iowa City, where he is a visiting faculty member at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.