CJ Lotz

Garden & Gun. Emphasis on the garden. Senior editor & a writer. Lotz rhymes with boats. Am on Instagram more than Twitter

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The scoop from @CJ_Lotz

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Ever heard of rolled oysters? No one knows the entire story behind these “steamy and sexy” fried delicacies from Louisville: https://t.co/yjj40B3cZH

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“This is my love letter to this country and my love letter to my friends,” says Stacey Mei Yan Fong (#SCAD, B.F.A., fibers, 2010) about her new cookbook, 50 Pies, 50 States: An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the United States Through Pie. See in @gardenandgun

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Always love the chance to shout out some of my favorite little towns in Western North Carolina, including sweet Franklin: https://t.co/6dS6dzDcil

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@hey_emhilly Congratulations Emily! They are so lucky to have you. Always inspired by your research, writing, and ideas.

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Keep thinking about this one. Beautiful read

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What gardening with her mother taught one writer about life and making room for the unruly: https://t.co/aYrAQeUN6L

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Now that’s love. Enjoyed learning about this couple and writing a bit about their story.

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The note in the envelope read, “I.O.U. a greenhouse.” The promise was one that Jenny Lynn Bradley would treasure for over a decade. Read "A Savannah Greenhouse Love Story" here: https://t.co/ln0nTiwWUo

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Loved talking with you @jerrysaltz

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Art critic Jerry Saltz on why the creativity that’s pouring from the South is so vital: https://t.co/szFrwuyKey

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We are heartbroken to hear of the death of Leslie Jordan, the Tennessee-born actor. In a 2020 article for G&G, Jordan reflected on his role as quarantine-era comic relief. “People now know me for me,” he said. That “me” was positively inimitable, and we will miss him dearly.

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Describe your new book in one sentence:
"It’s 450 pages long—no way." Fair enough @JohnGrisham
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@JimBeaugez @djschwin An oldie and goodie! I think I read on Reddit that now those bottles are tough to find too

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Great stuff from @CJ_Lotz and the great Annie Proulx

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No one else could tell a story quite like this... read @lee_durkee's powerful piece on @gardenandgun about ditching booze, communing with hummingbirds, watching a spider try to catch them, and what it's like to "go viral" from a porch in Mississippi
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Besides horses, the World Equestrian Center (@wecequestrian) in Central Florida welcomed a medley of species—including a kangaroo—to hunker down during Hurricane Ian. Find more stories of how animals are weathering the storm here: https://t.co/MZnorYaAHU #hurricaneian

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In @gardenandgun, the great Morgan Babst writes about this hurricane moment with beauty and clarity @CMorganBabst https://t.co/lUjPmFzzlF

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Place this in your "must read" queue: @lee_durkee on hummingbirds, spiders, and gentrification, among other things.

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Never mind that he was born in Nebraska and chooses Gatorade over bourbon and sweet tea—the author Nicholas Sparks is a Southern writer. Here, he talks his favorite towns, getting Southern accents right, and his new novel, the St. Pete Beach–set Dreamland: https://t.co/OgWHXeZyMI