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Video: My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes

Was my father’s leftover stuff the key to who he really was?

June 16, 2019 · Leave a comment

Al Maginnes: The Book of Forgetting

I know there is a book, more
than one, where the names
of dead towns and their citizens
line the white pages neat
as grave plots

August 14, 2018 · Leave a comment

Andrea Hollander: Betrayals

At least my father did not betray anyone. It was the plaque in his brain that betrayed him.   As for my ex—well, time passes, and I see how some … Continue reading

July 30, 2018 · 10 Comments

Yusef Komunyakaa: My Father’s Love Letters

On Fridays he’d open a can of Jax
After coming home from the mill,
& ask me to write a letter to my mother

December 22, 2016 · 3 Comments

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