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Dinner [1]

Fiction [2]
11.17.21

“Growing up / we ate turkey cutlets sauteed in lemon / and butter, butter and cheese on green noodles, / butter melting in small pools in the hearts / of Yorkshire puddings, butter better / than gravy,” writes Elizabeth Alexander in her timeless poem “Butter [3],” in which she depicts her family’s love for butter and the childhood memories attached to these meals. Write a story centered around a family dinner in which a significant conversation occurs. Savor the description of what is eaten and said between forkfuls.


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/dinner_0 [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/fiction [3] https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52416/butter-56d230df0abef