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    The Book of Dads: Essays on the Joys, Perils, and Humiliations of Fatherhood
    The Book of Dads: Essays on the Joys, Perils, and Humiliations of Fatherhood
    The Book of Dads: Essays on the Joys, Perils, and Humiliations of Fatherhood
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    The Book of Dads: Essays on the Joys, Perils, and Humiliations of Fatherhood

    By Ben George

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    At turns humorous, irreverent, poignant and tender, The Book of Dads brings together twenty well-known and beloved writers on the subject of fatherhood, offering fathers—or anyone who has been or loved a parent—unrivaled insights into the complexity of fatherhood as it's experienced now. It is a literary reader for the contemporary dad, hip and on point, but with an eye toward becoming a classic for readers return to again and again. Contributors include Ben Fountain, Charles Baxter, Jim Shepard, Clyde Edgerton, Neal Pollack, Rick Bragg, Anthony Doerr, Michael Thomas, Davy Rothbart, Richard Bausch, Nick Flynn, Brandon R. Schrand, Rick Bass, Sebastian Matthews, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Steve Almond, David Gessner, Darin Strauss, Brock Clarke, and Sven Birkerts

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 12, 2009
    ISBN9780061874208
    The Book of Dads: Essays on the Joys, Perils, and Humiliations of Fatherhood
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    Ben George

    Ben George is editor of the literary journal Ecotone. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and for Best New American Voices, and has appeared in Ninth Letter, Tin House, and elsewhere. He lives with his wife and daughter in North Carolina, and teaches at UNC Wilmington.

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