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My Father's Unexpected Poetic Life

My Father's Unexpected Poetic Life

Poet Gretchen Marquette on Finding Poetry in Surprising Places

By Gretchen Marquette | June 17, 2016

Fatherhood: Ruining the Writing Career, Saving the Writing

Fatherhood: Ruining the Writing Career, Saving the Writing

Steve Edwards on the Daily Astonishments of Raising a Child

By Steve Edwards | June 17, 2016

Allison Wright: Dive Bars and Card Games with Dad

Allison Wright: Dive Bars and Card Games with Dad

On Hanging Out, Watching WWE, and Speaking Pig Latin with Dad

By Allison Wright | June 17, 2016

Living With A Dead Language

Living With A Dead Language

Ann Patty

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 15, 2016

Falling: A Daughter, A Father, and a Journey Back

Falling: A Daughter, A Father, and a Journey Back

Elisha Cooper

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 13, 2016

They Found a Meth Lab in Cole Porter's Childhood Home

They Found a Meth Lab in Cole Porter's Childhood Home

And Other Tales of Those Who Dared Leave Indiana

By Cathy Day | June 9, 2016

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What My Parents Really Think About My Memoir of Alcoholism

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How Surviving ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy Made Me a Better Writer

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