Father and son

The Terror and Joy of Fatherhood

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 2, 2014

Becoming a father can be one of the most profoundly terrifying, exhilarating, life-changing occasions in a man’s life. Brian Gresko, editor of the essay collection When I First Held You, and contributors Lev Grossman and Matthew Specktor talk about fatherhood and how being a father changed the way they saw the world—and themselves.

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