Tag: fatherhood

“Impending parenthood makes you reconsider the context of your own upbringing, and puts the work your parents did into a new light.”

The death of his life-long skateboarding friend prompts Aaron Gilbreath to get back on his board — at 44, with his toddler daughter in tow.

“That’s what Dad’s AAirpass and ultra-elite flying status yielded for him: lifelong bonds.”

In adopting outerwear worn by the men who came before him, Aram Mrjoian considers his childhood misperceptions of traditional masculinity.

While under the influence of Valium, Scott Korb reflects on all the fathers he could have been and the father he has become.

Appreciating the dad joke.

A new father with early-stage MS sets out to understand the interiors of his daughter’s mind, and his own.

Does each of your children represent a novel you’ll never write? Michael Chabon is okay with that.

Steven Church discovers his own fragility and limitations in these five discussions with his son.

At Avidly, Stephanie Lucianovic rereads the ‘Ramona’ books from Beverly Cleary and gains a new appreciation for Cleary’s writing, as well as a new perspective on the theme of parenting found within the books. Here’s Lucianovic on Ramona’s father: Running throughout the entire Ramona and Beezus oeuvre, and illustrated by Mr. Quimby’s ill-fated career, is […]

“No one makes it through life unscathed, but you usually get a grace period at the start. My son would not be so lucky.”

For this week’s Member Pick, we’re thrilled to share the first chapter of Drew Magary’s new memoir on fatherhood, Someone Could Get Hurt (Gotham Books). Magary, who writes for Deadspin and GQ, has been featured on Longreads many times in the past, and he explained how his latest book came together: I was in the middle of writing a second novel that would […]