Literary dads share stories on modern fatherhood in new anthology
Brooklyn Launch Events Highlight Brooklyn Contributors
With Father’s Day just around the corner, a group of esteemed writers are sharing their experiences as fathers in a poignant collection titled “When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood.” Edited by Brooklyn writer Brian Gresko and with an introduction by Brooklyn author Darin Strauss, the anthology features some of America’s favorite literary dads, among them Ben Greenman, Lev Grossman, Dennis Lehane and Rick Moody.
Gresko will appear at various Brooklyn launch events in June with some of the contributing writers, including a June 5 discussion at Community Bookstore in Park Slope, a June 6 event at the powerHouse Arena in DUMBO and a June 13 discussion at the Park Slope Food Coop.
Giving a more intimate voice to the men behind some of the most powerful pieces of contemporary literature, “When I First Held You” sheds light on modern fatherhood from a variety of perspective.
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