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Brooklyn-based author Samira Kawash has a Ph.D. in literary studies from Duke University and is a professor emerita at Rutgers University. She is the founder of the website CandyProfessor.com and has written about candy for The Atlantic, Gastronomica and Saveur.

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Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure

Candy Professor is no longer active, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get your fix.

Like candy? Like history? Like Candy Professor? Then you’ll LOVE my book, Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure. Get it now, before it goes all sticky and stale.


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“She gained fame in 1895 when she became the third woman to scale the Matterhorn—and the second to do so in trousers, at a time when women could be arrested for wearing them in public.”
Samira Kawash, Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure

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Book Keeping: Candy by Samira Kawash 1 2 Jan 30, 2014 10:53AM  
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