Fatherhood
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Two Dad Memoirs and the End of Fatherhood January 16, 2025
In 2005 I married a man whose detailed thoughts about parenting, childcare and family life I knew very little about. We’d agreed that we wanted children—or, rather, I’d said I wanted a large family and he’d said, “well maybe not too large,” and we’d ...
Outrage and Our Fathers December 06, 2024
Many “very online” men —I think they’re men: some are bots, many are genderless pseuds — are angry. Many are also sardonic, bitter, and vengeful. These vibes are their reaction to the precipitous failure of institutions in their lifetime. I like to t...
A Reading Life June 25, 2024
Today would mark my father’s seventieth birthday. We’re all here on a limited warranty, he’d often say, and his expired two years ago this summer. But throughout his life, he never stopped reading, collecting books on wide-ranging subjects from “Pist...
Childish Things February 16, 2024
I remember the day I stopped playing with toys as a kid. A small collection of G.I. Joes would usually occupy my afternoons. I would stage ambushes, march them along my windowsill and over the peaks of pillows, subjecting them to all the perils muste...
