Why Fathers Cry At Night

“𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴’.” – Donalyn Miller & Terri Lesesne (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨)

While I am ever so ready to lap up novels-in-verse, it has been quite a while since I’ve read a memoir to satisfy my own reading appetite outside of figuring out what the young people around me might like. Kwame Alexander (𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳; 𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥) provided the right bridge through his memoir “𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝘁 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁”. It is a memoir, a recipe book, a collection of poems, and a record of fatherhood. The part about children growing up is so relatable and his raw honesty throughout is palpable. My favourite part is his relationship with Nikki Giovanni – from the initial idea that “𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦” to the great Nikki confessing, “𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘒𝘸𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳.” I just can’t get over this book!

What are you reading (or planning to read) to satisfy your own reading appetite?