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Matthew Salesses

Bourbon and Milk: Here Is the Essay, Now Where Is the Child?

Matthew Salesses
Bourbon and Milk: Here Is the Essay, Now Where Is the Child?

Bourbon and Milk is an ongoing series that dives into the perplexing spaces parenting sometimes pushes us and explores the unexpected ways writers may grow in them. If you’re interested in joining the conversation or contributing a Bourbon and Milk post, query Giuseppe Taurino at giuseppe@americanshortfiction.org. “Where do you get so much energy?” I asked my daughter recently, the age-old parenting question. She was running around like on any other day while I sprawled supine on the … [Read more...] about Bourbon and Milk: Here Is the Essay, Now Where Is the Child?

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