Fightin' Words with Christina Dalcher

Our July issue's Fightin' Words concludes with Christina Dalcher, author of this month's featured memoir "Two Uncles: A Fairy Tale." No stranger to conveying a great deal in a small space, she gives the single best word for:

1) The smell that brings you back to the best time in your life: saltwater

2) Your last dream: forgettable

3) Covering your tracks: snowplow

4) Your sense of style: piratical

5) What makes you cringe: blossom-end-rot

6) The hottest day of the year: menopause

7) What you’re hungry for: nicotine

8) Addition to the dictionary: leditor (a letter to the editor)