An Evening with Michele Filgate in conversation with Andrew Altschul
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Thursday, May 8, 2025 7pm - 8pm
Location
Old Firehouse Books
232 Walnut Street
Details
Join us at Old Firehouse Books as we welcome Michele Filgate for her latest collection of essays, What My Father and I Don't Talk About! Michele will be joined by Andrew Altschul IN STORE on May 8th, 2025 from 7:00-8:00PM. We ask that if you'd like a copy signed, to wait until the end of the event where we will have time for personalization. Books are available for order in store or online. Unfortunately we do not ship internationally.
About the book:
A follow-up to the wildly successful What My Mother and I Don't Talk About, this collection of essays from sixteen notable writers breaks the silence on the complex--and sometimes contentious--relationships we have with our fathers.
This captivating follow-up, edited by Michele Filgate, tackles the intricate and challenging relationships we have with our dads, breaking the silence around these vital connections. Andrew Altschul reflects on the life-altering experience of becoming a father and how it reshaped his view of his own dad's parenting. Isle McElroy shares memories of weekends spent tagging along as their father fixed up the homes of their wealthier neighbors. Jaquira Díaz delves into her father's history in 1970s Williamsburg, uncovering the roots of their shared restlessness. Tomás Q. Morín paints a raw portrait of an absentee father, while Kelly McMasters portrays a loving and dedicated one. Maurice Carlos Ruffin insightfully captures a father who communicated through his integrity rather than words. Jiordan Castle reveals how we can love our fathers from a distance and Susan Muaddi Darraj explores the particular challenges of "eldest daughter syndrome" as a daughter of Palestinian immigrants.
Contributions by Michele Filgate, Andrew Altschul, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Dylan Landis, Jaquira Díaz, Kelly McMasters, Isle McElroy, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Tomás Q. Morín, Robin Reif, Heather Sellers, Jiordan Castle, Nayomi Munaweera, Joanna Rakoff, and Julie Buntin.
About Michele Filgate:
Michele Filgate is the editor of What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About and What My Father and I Don’t Talk About. Her writing has appeared in Longreads, Poets & Writers, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Paris Review Daily, Tin House, Gulf Coast, Oprah Daily, and many other publications. She received her MFA in Fiction from NYU, where she was the recipient of the Stein Fellowship.
About Andrew Altschul:
Andrew Altschul is the author of three novels, including most recently The Gringa. His stories and essays have appeared in Esquire, McSweeney's, Ploughshares, Fence, and anthologies including Best New American Voices and O. Henry Prize Stories. A former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford, and a long-time contributing editor at ZYZZYVA, he now teaches at Colorado State University and lives in Fort Collins with his wife, the writer Vauhini Vara, and their son.
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