| Q. A. |
Is
it true you were a member of the AFL-CIO's meat-cutter union? Yes — card-carrying. And I sliced ham for Al Roker. |
| Q. A. |
Why
didn't your Thanksgiving Turkey Burger win the 2002 National
Cattlemen's Beef Association Build-a-Better Burger cook-off? While it was a top-ten finalist in the alternative burger category, my burger lost to a 1,200 calorie shrimp-and-corn burger made by a woman who baked her own challah rolls, and had them shipped 3,500 miles to the fairgrounds in a suitcase. The odds were against me from the start. |
| Q. A. |
Will
you marry me? If you'd like. I am ordained to perform weddings by the Universal Life Church Monastery. |
| Q. A. |
Are
you any relation to the poet Keith Ekiss? Yes. He's my husband. His first book, Pima Road Notebook, is forthcoming from New Issues Poetry & Prose in November, 2010. |
| Q. A. |
Do
you regret naming your cats Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein? Sometimes. |
