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Interview: Justin Halpern, author of Sh*t My Dad Says

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

The story of how one guy’s random Twitter feed became an online sensation, a bestselling book, and an upcoming sitcom starring Wiliam Shatner.

“Oh Crap, He’s a Better Parent”—A Father’s Day Story

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads. Lynn Fox sends her husband Mike this Father’s Day gift, a beautiful essay she’s written our My Life So Far story project, SMITH’s home for readers’ memoirs-in-progress or personal essays. I can’t imagine a better tribute to the father of one’s children than “Oh Crap, He’s a Better [...]

EXCERPT: Bedtime Stories: Adventures in the Land of Single-Fatherhood by Trey Ellis

Monday, February 25th, 2008

“I haven’t strangled my son, raised my voice, or even just slapped him around a little. I imagine I would be a shoo-in for Father of the Year.”
Trey Ellis has spent the past 15 years exploring nearly every form of prose imaginable to a writer. In 1989, just out of Stanford University, he wrote The [...]

 
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