Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances

From the author of bestsellers The Crossover and Rebound, a powerful, intimate, and non-traditional memoir told in stories, poems, recipes, and letters. Alexander calls his content “snapshots of a man learning to love,” and his theme throughout is what he has learned so far, and how he is continuing to grow. He writes of the mixed blessing of a book-filled childhood, his complex relationship with his father (who always told him poetry would never sell), the beginning and ending of his marriage, his life-giving mentorship under Nikki Giovanni, and learning to father his cherished daughters. Plus recipes for fare like Granny’s hot buttered rolls and 7Up pound cake. Gorgeous, surprising, and one I’ll be thinking about for a long time.