CJ Lotz

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Ever heard of rolled oysters? No one knows the entire story behind these “steamy and sexy” fried delicacies from Louisville: ow.ly/hymN50OM5VS

“This is my love letter to this country and my love letter to my friends,” says Stacey Mei Yan Fong (#SCAD, B.F.A., fibers, 2010) about her new cookbook, 50 Pies, 50 States: An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the United States Through Pie. See in @gardenandgun gardenandgun.com/articles/a-pie…

Always love the chance to shout out some of my favorite little towns in Western North Carolina, including sweet Franklin: gardenandgun.com/articles/the-c…

@hey_emhilly Congratulations Emily! They are so lucky to have you. Always inspired by your research, writing, and ideas.

Keep thinking about this one. Beautiful read

Now that’s love. Enjoyed learning about this couple and writing a bit about their story.

Loved talking with you @jerrysaltz

We are heartbroken to hear of the death of Leslie Jordan, the Tennessee-born actor. In a 2020 article for G&G, Jordan reflected on his role as quarantine-era comic relief. “People now know me for me,” he said. That “me” was positively inimitable, and we will miss him dearly.

Describe your new book in one sentence: "It’s 450 pages long—no way." Fair enough @JohnGrisham gardenandgun.com/articles/a-sou…

@JimBeaugez @djschwin An oldie and goodie! I think I read on Reddit that now those bottles are tough to find too

@djschwin don't play with our feelings, @CJ_Lotz ; )

Great stuff from @CJ_Lotz and the great Annie Proulx

No one else could tell a story quite like this... read @lee_durkee's powerful piece on @gardenandgun about ditching booze, communing with hummingbirds, watching a spider try to catch them, and what it's like to "go viral" from a porch in Mississippi gardenandgun.com/articles/a-mir…

Besides horses, the World Equestrian Center (@wecequestrian) in Central Florida welcomed a medley of species—including a kangaroo—to hunker down during Hurricane Ian. Find more stories of how animals are weathering the storm here: bit.ly/3UNKrw2 #hurricaneian

In @gardenandgun, the great Morgan Babst writes about this hurricane moment with beauty and clarity @CMorganBabst gardenandgun.com/articles/forec…

Place this in your "must read" queue: @lee_durkee on hummingbirds, spiders, and gentrification, among other things.

Never mind that he was born in Nebraska and chooses Gatorade over bourbon and sweet tea—the author Nicholas Sparks is a Southern writer. Here, he talks his favorite towns, getting Southern accents right, and his new novel, the St. Pete Beach–set Dreamland: ow.ly/yUQQ50KJl9S