El Dorado Freddy's: Chain Restaurants in Poems and Photographs

El Dorado Freddy's: Chain Restaurants in Poems and Photographs

El Dorado Freddy's: Chain Restaurants in Poems and Photographs

El Dorado Freddy's: Chain Restaurants in Poems and Photographs

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Overview

El Dorado Freddy's may be the first book of fast food poetry. In "Olive Garden," "Culver's," "Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen," "Cracker Barrel," "Applebee's (after James Wright)" and other poems, Caine "reviews" chain restaurants, taking on topics such as parenting, the Midwest, politics, and chicken fingers along the way. Caine's funny, deceptively accomplished poems are paired with Tara Wray's color-drenched photos. The result is a literary yet goofy book about American food and identity, set in a Midwestern landscape where people eat at chain restaurants, even when they know better.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781948742627
Publisher: Belt Publishing
Publication date: 03/03/2020
Pages: 150
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 16 Years

About the Author

Danny Caine is the author of Continental Breakfast (Mason Jar Press, 2019) and the chapbook Uncle Harold’s Maxwell House Haggadah (Etchings Press 2017). His poems have appeared in DIAGRAM, Hobart, Barrelhouse, The New Ohio Review, and other places. He holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Kansas. Hailing from Cleveland, he now lives in Lawrence, Kansas where he’s the owner of the Raven Book Store. More info at ravenbookstore.com and dannycaine.com.

Tara Wray, a photographer, writer, and filmmaker, is based in Vermont. She curates interviews with photographers at Vice and at BUST Magazine—where her focus is on giving voice to women in photography—and is photo editor of the literary journal Hobart. She created and curates Some Days Just Are, a collaborative series where two photographers capture a twelve hour day in parallel time. Wray's work is held in collections at major institutions including Yale University, University of Notre Dame, and Dartmouth College. Born and raised in Kansas, Wray graduated from NYU with a degree in documentary film. She has directed two feature length documentaries: Manhattan, Kansas (Audience Award, SXSW 2006; Film Society of Lincoln Center) and Cartoon College (Vancouver International Film Festival 2012). Her most recent photobook, Too Tired for Sunshine, was published by Yoffy Press in 2018. More info at tarawray.net.

Table of Contents

Prologue 11

Chicken Nugget 15

Olive-Garden 16

Wendy's 17

Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen 18

On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina 20

In-N-Out Burger 21

Culver's 23

McDonald's 24

Cracker Barrel 25

Chicken Tender 26

Texas Roadhouse, Vol. 1 27

Domino's Pizza 28

Texas Roadhouse, Vol. 2 29

Applebee's 30

Photo gallery 33

Panera 94

First Watch 96

Chili's 98

Waffle House 100

Chik-Fil-A 102

Three Small Poems About Three Small Chains 104

Chicken Finger 102

Freddy's 105

Spangles 107

'Red Lobster 108

Arby's 109

Taco John's 110

Cici's Pizza 111

Simple Simon's 112

Runza 113

Pizza Hut: Our Story 114

Hu Hot Mongolian Barbecue 117

Burger King 119

Krispy Kreme 120

Acknowledgements 122

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