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Ken Wheaton

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Born and raised in Opelousas, Louisiana, Ken Wheaton is the author of "The First Annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival," "Bacon and Egg Man," "Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears," and "Duck Duck Gator." He now lives in Colorado. ...more

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Just began reading "The First Annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival", and as a grandparent of a child with a chromosome disorder, I take offense to your use of the word "retarded" and your comment about special ed. My question is; "Why didn't you use the word disability instead of the r word?", and "Why didn't the people who provided feedback find this word offensive?"

Ken Wheaton Hi Cathie,
Thanks for the question. I don't want to get into a long-winded discussion about fiction vs. non-fiction, but this is fiction. I'd never use…moreHi Cathie,
Thanks for the question. I don't want to get into a long-winded discussion about fiction vs. non-fiction, but this is fiction. I'd never use the words or the phrases in an essay or something I wrote for work. But the characters in this fictional universe would. As you know, these words sort of just fly out of people's mouths. And one of the points I'm trying to make about Father Steve is that he's as much a 30-something regular, sometimes insensitive dude than anyone else. You'll note that even though he's a priest and even though he has his sensitive moments, he's smoking, drinking, cursing, even using the lord's name in vain. And this book is from his point of view. And Vicky -- she's the one who uses the r word -- tends to be blunt to the point of not caring. These characters aren't saints. Not by a long shot. So they have thoughts that they shouldn't maybe think or at least shouldn't say out-loud. Note that as bad as he is at many things, Father Steve doesn't SAY some of what he's thinking. For some people that's progress.
That said, I notice now that I basically fell back on the same set-up twice -- the special-ed comment and then the short-bus comment -- which goes beyond making any sort of point and is just lazy.
Either way, thanks for bringing it up. It's something I'll keep in my mind moving forward.(less)

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Ken Wheaton Since Margaret's death, Scruffy had been despondent, tail drooping, no appetite, and tonight like every night, whining and sighing next to Todd on the…moreSince Margaret's death, Scruffy had been despondent, tail drooping, no appetite, and tonight like every night, whining and sighing next to Todd on the couch, impervious to petting or dog talk. But when the lights flickered he bolted from the couch in one leap, rushed to the full length mirror Margaret once used as a final check before stepping out the door and started the happy frantic dance that Scruffy only ever did for one occasion: Margaret's return home. (less)

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	The First Annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival 3.37 avg rating — 661 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A Murderous Crow

Trigger warning (and spoiler alert): Death and dismemberment

It had already been a long morning here at the house. A storm system moved through around 4 a.m., the sort of thing fit for an old-fashioned Hollywood horror movie. I’ve lived through numerous hurricanes and other storms and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that much lightning. It looked like someone had turned on the world’s biggest strobe

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“At this point, none of us are sure why we fight. We’re sisters. We need no good reason to fight, even though we have plenty of them.”
― Ken Wheaton, Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears

tags: fight, fighting, relationships, sister, sisterhood, sisters

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“In Louisiana, one of the first stages of grief is eating your weight in Popeyes fried chicken. The second stage is doing the same with boudin. People have been known to swap the order. Or to do both at the same time.”
― Ken Wheaton, Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears

tags: cajun, chicken, comfort-food, food, fried-chicken, grief, louisiana, stages-of-grief

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“Pork and chicken grease, the aromatics of choice for the Cajun.”
― Ken Wheaton, Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears

tags: cajun, cajun-style, chicken, cooking, food, grease, pork

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