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Janet Capron

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 22, 2017

After Not Finishing a Book in 35 Years, How My Father Became a Reader

After Not Finishing a Book in 35 Years, How My Father Became a Reader

Mariya Karimjee on a Very Special Book Club of Two

By Mariya Karimjee | June 16, 2017

Running Towards My Father

Running Towards My Father

On Marathons, Perfection, and the Impossibility of Intimacy

By Devin Kelly | June 16, 2017

A Letter to My Father, Long After He's Gone

A Letter to My Father, Long After He's Gone

Gabe Stutman and the Story of a Death in the Family

By Gabe Stutman | June 16, 2017

The Joy and Preemptive Grief of Fatherhood

The Joy and Preemptive Grief of Fatherhood

Quinton Skinner Is Trying to Find the Words

By Quinton Skinner | June 16, 2017

The Secret, Violent History of My Childhood Home

The Secret, Violent History of My Childhood Home

Julia Fierro on Class, Belonging, and the Meaning of Home

By Julia Fierro | June 12, 2017

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There is Always War Somewhere: Memories of a WWII Childhood

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Our Bodies Don't Belong to Us: On Living with Trauma

Our Bodies Don't Belong to Us: On Living with Trauma

How do you live in the present when your body is a map of the past?

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