01900cam a2200301 i 4500 889029066 TxAuBib 20230726120000.0 230508s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023018611 9780316417228 HRD 28.00 031641722X HRD 28.00 TxAuBib rda Alexander, Kwame, author. Why fathers cry at night [BOOK] : a memoir in love poems, letters, recipes, and remembrances / Kwame Alexander. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023. 228 pages : illustration ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In an intimate and non-traditional (or "new-fashioned") memoir, Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago summer of 1967, to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed their love to each other, and for him. He explores his own relationships—his difficulties as a newly wedded, 22-year-old father, and the precariousness of his early marriage working in a jazz club with his second wife. Alexander attempts to deal with the unravelling of his marriage and the grief of his mother's recent passing while sharing the solace he found in learning how to perfect her famous fried chicken dish. With an open heart, Alexander weaves together memories of his past to try and understand his greatest love: his daughters. Provided by publisher. 20230726. Alexander, Kwame. Authors, American 21st century Biography. African American authors Biography. Autobiographies.