Smokestack Lightning

Interview: Lolis Elie

Aug 19, 2015 — By Daniel Vaughn

Author: Smokestack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country Age: 52 In the mid-nineties, Lolis Elie and photographer Frank Stewart travelled around the country eating barbecue for the book Smokestack Lightning. There aren’t many books as influential to my writing about…

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