Rad Dad: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Fatherhood Anthology Reading Party
Today, more than ever, fatherhood demands constant improvisation, risk and struggle. With grace and honesty and strength, writers in “Rad Dad,” edited by Tomas Moniz, author of the popular zine of the same name, tackle all the issues that other parenting guides are afraid to touch: the brutalities, beauties and politics of the birth experience, the challenges of parenting on a equal basis with mothers, the tests faced by transgendered and gay fathers, the emotions of sperm donation and parental confrontation with war, violence, racism and incarceration.
âRad Dad: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Fatherhoodâ combines the best pieces from Monizâs award-winning zine, âRad Dad,â and from the blog, Daddy Dialectic, two kindred publications that have tried to explore parenting as political territory.
Moniz celebrates the publication of âRad Dad: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Fatherhoodâ on Thursday, August 4, at 7 p.m. at Richard Hugo House, joined by fellow writers Corbin Lewars, author of âCreating a Life: The Memoir of a Writer and Mom in the Makingâ and the popular zine, âReality Momâ; Jennifer Munro, author of âThe Erotica Writerâs Husband & Other Storiesâ; and MarĂ© Odomo, a cartoonist and illustrator who is also the author of the PokĂ©mon fan-comic called âLetters to an Absent Father.â
The bar will be open, and book sales will be for sale. The reading is FREE.
About the Readers
Tomas Moniz is the founder, editor, and a writer for the award-winning zine Rad Dad. He has helped raise three children and has been making zines since the late nineties. He teaches basic skill classes at Berkley City College and works with the National Writing Project.
Corbin Lewars is the author of âCreating a Life: The memoir of a Writer and Mom in the Making,â which was nominated for the 2011 PNBA and Washington State book awards. After eight years of publishing the zine âReality Mom,â she recently closed shop to focus on other writing projects. When she told friends it felt akin to sending her first born off to college, they said, âYou’re the one going and this time you (hopefully) wonât just focus on the bongs and kegs.â Corbinâs essays have been featured in over twenty-five publications and several anthologies. She currently writes for the Ballard News Tribune and the Seattle PI. She holds a Masterâs in Education and teaches writing at Richard Hugo House.
Jennifer D. Munroâs stories and essays have appeared in more than sixty publications, including North American Review, Zyzzyva, Harpur Palate, Boulevard, the 15th Anniversary Best of editions of Best American Erotica and Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica, and the new anthology, Tarnished: True Tales of Innocence Lost. Her published short fiction is collected in âThe Erotica Writerâs Husband & Other Stories.â She has received grants and fellowships from Artist Trust, King County Arts Commission, Jack Straw, Fishtrap and Hedgebrook. More at www.munrojd.com.
MarĂ© Odomo is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist. He made a PokĂ©mon fan-comic called âLetters to an Absent Father.â More at mareodomo.com