EB is Erinn Batykefer, author of the poetry collection Allegheny, Monongahela (Red Hen Press 2009). But that’s not really important from a Piesthetics perspective. It’s just kind of cool. And it means that she obsesses over practically every word she writes– even when it comes to pie– because LORD KNOWS the difference between describing a Fruits of the Forest pie as “a mouth-watering, brain-exploding berrygasm” versus “a transporting berry-spolsion of delicious” is a matter of utmost importance!
Erinn earned her MFA in writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The obsessive baking– and the inspiration for Piesthetics– started in the summer of 2006, while she was writing the thesis that turned into her first book. So really, you could say she got two MFAs. An MFA in Creative Writing, and an unofficial MFA in Pie.
Erinn lives and bakes in Madison, WI. You can find out more about her writing career by visiting her website. And, if you’re still curious for some ungodly reason, you can find out more than you ever wanted to know by checking out her other blog, Hyperbolic Obsessive.
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