The family is the essential presence – the thing that never leaves you, even if you find you have to leave it.
Bill Buford Quotes
The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do.
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| Birth: | 1954 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Author, Journalist |
About
Bill Buford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and raised in Southern California. He is an American author and journalist. Buford is the author of the books Among the Thugs and Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany. Buford was previously the fiction editor for The New Yorker, where he is still on staff. For sixteen years, he was the editor of Granta, which he relaunched in 1979.
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