Wow!! You are such a damn good writer, first off. Second: Have you read Winter Journal, the second-person memoir coming from the perspective of the body through decades, by Paul Auster? My guess is you have. I love your raw honesty in describing your father, what you have and haven’t seen. Beautiful. It makes me think of my own father, loving but clinically distant all my life. I remember seeing him naked smoking a Marlboro in the bathroom once when I was a boy, how it shocked me. We need more writers like you.
Thanks so much, Michael, both for subscribing and for commenting. I haven’t read Paul Auster’s book, but now I will! Thanks for the recommendation—and your appreciation of my work. Do spread the word!! I started my stack in January, so I’m relatively new to the platform. So far, I like it!
Wow!! You are such a damn good writer, first off. Second: Have you read Winter Journal, the second-person memoir coming from the perspective of the body through decades, by Paul Auster? My guess is you have. I love your raw honesty in describing your father, what you have and haven’t seen. Beautiful. It makes me think of my own father, loving but clinically distant all my life. I remember seeing him naked smoking a Marlboro in the bathroom once when I was a boy, how it shocked me. We need more writers like you.
Michael Mohr
‘Sincere American Writing’
https://michaelmohr.substack.com/
Thanks so much, Michael, both for subscribing and for commenting. I haven’t read Paul Auster’s book, but now I will! Thanks for the recommendation—and your appreciation of my work. Do spread the word!! I started my stack in January, so I’m relatively new to the platform. So far, I like it!
Will do. I just added you to my list of SS recommendations:)