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Why fathers cry at night : a memoir in love poems, letters, recipes, and remembrances /

Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago summer of 1967, to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed their love to each other, and for him. Alexander attempts to deal with the unrave...

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Main Author:	Alexander, Kwame (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group, 2023.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Alexander, Kwame. African American fathers > Biography. African American men > Illinois > Chicago > Biography. African American poets > Biography. American poetry. Families > Illinois > Chicago > Biography. African American fathers. African American men. African American men > Biography. African American poets. Families. Family > Biography. Fathers > Biography. POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica. Illinois > Chicago. Autobiographical poetry. Biography. Biographies.

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