It was always the same spot. The exact same spot. First it was a money plant. Then a bird of paradise several weeks later. Then an aloe which was quickly followed by a schefflera.
Read moreHow to Make Hot-Water Cornbread by Toya Wolfe, Illustrated by Landis Blair
‘Cause Grandma’s from Jackson, Mississippi, she can go to work on cornbread and buttermilk or cornbread and beans or, well, cornbread and anything all smashed up in a bowl. But you live in Chicago, and are only country by association, so you’ll need something green, like greens or cabbage or spinach to accompany your cornbread. Choose one.
Read moreEp. 28: Landis Blair
Mr. Blair is the author and illustrator of The Envious Siblings: and Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes, as well as the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller From Here to Eternity and the graphic novel The Hunting Accident, which won Best in Adult Books at the Excellence in Graphic Literature awards.
Read moreStories After Dark: Landis Blair Reads "Honorable Beasts"
Landis Blair is the author and illustrator of The Envious Siblings and Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes, as well as the illustrator of From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death, by Caitlin Doughty and the graphic novel The Hunting Accident, by David Carlson, which won Best in Adult Books at the Excellence in Graphic Literature awards. He has published illustrations in numerous print and online periodicals including The New Yorker, the New York Times, Chicago magazine, VQR, and Medium. He lives in Chicago.
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