How Men Grieve

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Ken Druck, best-selling author of a book about men, had to learn how to grieve after he lost his own daughter.

One Tough Mother

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Novelist Benjamin Percy finds inspiration and fortitude in his mother, who once, in her third trimester, butchered an elk for 1,000 lbs of meat.

Male Star Power – A Blessing and a Curse

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Dealing with a celebrity co-worker may tell you stuff no one else knows.

It Takes Balls: Confessions from Comedian and Unprepared Single Dad Josh Wolf

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“Kids come first but if you don’t find time to have a few beers and see a naked woman or two, you’re going to be miserable which will make you a bad parent.”

This Spiritual Novelist Has Sold More Than 18 Million Books … And You’ve Probably Never Heard of Him. Or Have You?

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Listen in on a fascinating conversation with William Paul Young, the author of best-seller “The Shack” and the new book “Crossroads.”

20 Dads Share Their Favorite Children’s Books

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What books do you enjoy reading with your children?

“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail.” William Faulkner Reads His Nobel Prize Speech

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“A life’s work…to create out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before.”

A Very Important Book

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While departing to far flung and exotic locales this summer, many of you may come across a book being read a certain sect of the jet set. That book, “Twilight of the Elites” by the erudite Chris Hayes may just change both the way you look at, and quite possibly, change the world.

I Love it When You Call Me Big Poppa: A Black Writer Faces Fatherhood

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My wife and I had just received the best and most terrifying news of our lives – we were expecting a baby. I had just lost my job; how would I provide for my family as a struggling writer? Would I be able to be the father I wanted to be?

A Woman Writing as a Man

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You can’t write or act like a man, Laura Lee writes, just as a person.

Jonathan Fields: Do What You Love

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Jonathan Fields is a “dad first”, who just happens to also be an author and serial entrepreneur. Cameron Conaway catches up to him for a chat.

Condolences: Author LA Banks Passed Away [@LA_BANKS]

A trailblazer for Black women in genre fiction has left the mortal coil.

Respect: Happy Birthday James Baldwin

One of America’s most dangerous and beautiful minds was born on this day, 87 years ago.

Respect: Happy Birthday, Octavia Butler

Today, groundbreaking novelist Octavia Butler would have been 64 years old. We pause to celebrate her legacy.

Guestpost #49: Caitlin Kelly – Ten things I’ve learned from being an author

I don’t know Caitlin personally, but I was honoured when she submitted a guestpost. She is an accomplished author and blogger. Caitlin Kelly’s new memoir, “Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail” (Portfolio/Penguin) was called “excellent” by Entertainment Weekly and compared to “Nickeled and Dimed.” Her first book is, “Blown Away: American Women and Guns” (Pocket Books, 2004). A Toronto [...]

Man-to-Man With Junot Díaz

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Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz talks about learning from the negative example of his “stereotypical jerk-off irresponsible abusive womanizer” dad, the painful lessons of his own infidelity, and the ritual of getting clipped…by his barber.