ESSAY: Hungry for More

Death, Writing, and Anthony Bourdain

May 15, 2025

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I’ve always loved dead celebrities. In elementary school, it was John Lennon. Relatives still send things to my fourth grade email address, lennonlegendemma@gmail.com. Every weekend, I used to drag m…

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A guest post by

Emma Burger

Emma Burger is a Chicago-based writer. Her debut novel is titled Spaghetti for Starving Girls. You can find her work in Hobart, Write or Die Magazine, and Black Lipstick, at emmaburgerwrites.com, or on Substack at emmakaiburger.substack.com.