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Hospitality at a fractured table

September 28, 2012
Essays & Articles

I want not to argue that hosts are obligated to accommodate every dietary preference as if it had been handed down by Moses or Krishna but to ask, instead, what are the mutual obligations of a host and guest, even—or especially—when a matter of principle is at stake.

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My novel The Pirate Panther Princess is now available in print! You can read a free preview of the first six chapters and buy the softcover via print-on-demand.

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