Lucas Mann tells the story of Attachments: Essays on fatherhood and other performances. Along the way he covers:

Writing when you have a newborn
Trying for a balance between personal essay and cultural criticism
False dichotomy of smart writing and embodied writing
The perception that books about fatherhood don't sell
When your publisher doesn't respond to the manuscript you submitted
What he thinks about when he compiles an essay collection
The 'golden age' of mothering literature
Rivka Galchen little Labors
Dept of Speculation Jenny Offill
Argonauts Maggie Nelson
University of Iowa Press
John McPhee

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