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Blake Fontenay

Blake Fontenay is the author of The Politics of Barbecue.

After working as a newspaper reporter, editorial writer, and columnist for over 25 years—ten of them at the Commercial Appeal in Memphis—he is now a recovering journalist. His bill-paying job is serving as communications director for three departments of Tennessee state government. He and his wife, Lynn, live in Old Hickory, Tennessee.