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< 'Reluctant Dad' Mike Birbiglia And Poet Jen Stein Share 'Painful' Parenting Truths
Mike Birbiglia explores his ambivalence about parenthood in the new book, The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad. Stein collaborated on the memoir, contributing her side of the story through poems, published under the name J. Hope Stein.
'Fresh Air' Remembers LGBTQ Pioneer Phyllis Lyon
Lyon, who died April 9, was an outspoken activist for gay rights and the co-founder, with Del Martin, of America's first national lesbian group, the Daughters of Bilitis. Originally broadcast in 1992.
Rob Delaney On Wrapping Up 'Catastrophe' And Working Through Grief
Comic Rob Delaney is co-creator and co-star of the comedy series Catastrophe, about 2 people who decide to marry after their wild fling leaves her pregnant. Delaney talks about being funny, even when life isn't.
Memoirist: Evangelical Purity Movement Sees Women's Bodies As A 'Threat'
When Linda Kay Klein was 13, she joined an evangelical church that prized sexual "purity" and taught that men and boys were sexually weak.
Claire Tomalin Moves 'Between The Trivial And The Tragic' In 'A Life Of My Own'
After writing biographies of Charles Dickens and Mary Wollstonecraft, Tomalin turned to memoir. Her new work tells of her conflicting desires to have children and to lead a meaningful working life.
Novelist Stephen McCauley Embraces Life On A 'Small, Everyday Scale'
McCauley's novel, My Ex-Life, is a comedy about a couple whose marriage ended years ago when the husband came out as gay. "All relationships evolve," he says. Originally broadcast June 20, 2018.
Novelist Stephen McCauley Embraces Life On A 'Small, Everyday Scale'
McCauley's novel, My Ex-Life, is a comedy about a couple whose marriage ended years ago when the husband came out as gay. "All relationships evolve — even for people who stay together," he says.
He Felt He Could No Longer Be Funny, Says Robin Williams Biographer
Dave Itzkoff examines Williams' life and death in a new biography. Williams took his own life in 2014; an autopsy later revealed he had Lewy body dementia.