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Why Fathers Cry at Night: Kwame Alexander in Conversation with Christine Platt

May 24, 2023


Join #1 New York Times-bestselling author Kwame Alexander and Christine Platt on Alexander’s candid, deeply moving new memoir, Why Fathers Cry at Night. In this intimate new book full of heartfelt reminisces, family recipes, love poems, and personal letters, Alexander tells the story about how he learned to fall in love — from his parents, from his relationships, and from his greatest love of all: his daughters. Inflected with hard-won wisdom and grief following the passing of his mother, Why Fathers Cry at Night is a tender, open-hearted story of a deeply personal journey. Hear Alexander discuss the book — why he wrote it, what inspired it, stories that didn’t make it onto the page, and more.


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