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Amitava Kumar on Finding Solace in the Words of Others

Amitava Kumar on Finding Solace in the Words of Others

“I was still reporting to my father, the things I had read and all that I had remembered.”

By Amitava Kumar | February 27, 2024

Meals and Memories: Sheila Squillante on Writing to Remember Her Father

Meals and Memories: Sheila Squillante on Writing to Remember Her Father

"I write because I want to continue my father, not contain him."

By Sheila Squillante | November 29, 2023

How <em>The Odyssey</em> Helped My Father and Me to Grow

How The Odyssey Helped My Father and Me to Grow

Daniel Mendelsohn on His Father and Making Lessons That Live On

By Daniel Mendelsohn | September 1, 2023

David Shih on Missing His Father's Death

David Shih on Missing His Father's Death

"Although I’ve tried to own the fault entirely...I don’t think that take tells the whole story either."

By David Shih | August 21, 2023

Saying Goodbye: Hannah Lillith Assadi on Brian Cox, Logan Roy, and Her Father

Saying Goodbye: Hannah Lillith Assadi on Brian Cox, Logan Roy, and Her Father

“Who am I going to laugh with now?”

By Hannah Lillith Assadi | May 26, 2023

In Search of My Long Lost Father: The Crown Prince of Chinatown

In Search of My Long Lost Father: The Crown Prince of Chinatown

Ava Chin on Growing Up Without Knowing Half Your Family

By Ava Chin | May 1, 2023

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How Zora Neale Hurston’s Study of Hoodoo Helped Me Grieve

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Tracey Rose Peyton on Making Peace With Her Father

By Tracey Rose Peyton | January 3, 2023

Manuel Muñoz on Trying and Failing to Tell The Story of His Biological Father

Manuel Muñoz on Trying and Failing to Tell The Story of His Biological Father

“Everyone asked me how I felt, but the mystery was how he had felt.”

By Manuel Muñoz | November 1, 2022

A Name on a Line: Chrysta Bilton Tells the Story of Her Birth

A Name on a Line: Chrysta Bilton Tells the Story of Her Birth

With an Extremely Brief Appearance by Her Father

By Chrysta Bilton | August 5, 2022

Return to San Sebastian: Novel Research As Road Trip in Puerto Rico

Return to San Sebastian: Novel Research As Road Trip in Puerto Rico

Life Imitates Art as Leah Franqui Travels Home With Her Father

By Leah Franqui | July 25, 2022

How Did a Fictionalized Leonard Cohen End Up in My Novel?

How Did a Fictionalized Leonard Cohen End Up in My Novel?

Francesca Giacco on Taking From Fact to Add to Fiction

By Francesca Giacco | May 27, 2022

“It felt like our last chance to understand him.” Tad Friend Talks to His Father About the Life He Lived

“It felt like our last chance to understand him.” Tad Friend Talks to His Father About the Life He Lived

“He’d pictured an old age lolling by the pond at the foot of his backyard.”

By Tad Friend | May 11, 2022

Good Enough: Chelsea Bieker on Grieving Her Complicated Father

Good Enough: Chelsea Bieker on Grieving Her Complicated Father

“I didn’t outwardly believe that my success in life would wake my father from his addiction, but my subconscious must have.”

By Chelsea Bieker | April 5, 2022

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