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OG Dad

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OG Dad #27: Tiny Brandos

  • Jerry Stahl
  • June 25, 2015
Forgive me if I’ve said it before, but now that I’m working dad duty without heroin I can see why I needed it.
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OG DAD #26: The Greedy Fox

  • Jerry Stahl
  • June 16, 2015
Phobic or diligent? You be the judge. All fodder to feed into the Daddy neurosis machine.
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OG Dad #25: In The Interest Of Rectal Security

  • Jerry Stahl
  • May 28, 2015
The great thing about having a two-year-old in the house is you feel your mortality like a happy little gun to your head.
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OG Dad #24: Kiddie Calm

  • Jerry Stahl
  • May 14, 2015
Days when my daughter hates me, I console myself that this may be a sign of her discerning nature.
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OG Dad #23: Bad Moments in Parenting

  • Jerry Stahl
  • March 17, 2014
If you grow up in a tense house, you don’t just get used to tension, you become tension. A tension conductor. Nervousness is like any other household pollutant...
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The Rumpus Interview with Jerry Stahl

  • Anisse Gross
  • January 28, 2014
Writer and Rumpus columnist Jerry Stahl sits down for a candid chat about memoir, novels, shame, parenthood, being pigeonholed, and managing "the neat trick of being an outsider in all genres."
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OG DAD #20: ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY EDITION

  • Jerry Stahl
  • June 28, 2013
Family Fun With Dora The Explorer And Her Troubling Butt-Button
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OG DAD #19: The Scream

  • Jerry Stahl
  • March 26, 2013
It’s no secret, the amount of crying you have to listen to when you have a baby is astronomical. Before this, my exposure to crying females was pretty much limited…
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OG DAD #18: When Good Babies Go Bad

  • Jerry Stahl
  • March 11, 2013
My daughter got her first bill today. $25, a cancellation fee for blowing off an appointment with a Dr. Papoolian.
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OG DAD #17: These Things Happen

  • Jerry Stahl
  • February 21, 2013
Even now, transcribing the chunk of New Dad convo from my notebook to my computer, I feel like drilling a hole in my skull and pumping Purell inside.
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OG DAD #16: ZERO DARK DIRTY DIAPER

  • Jerry Stahl
  • January 24, 2013
I read in The New York Times about feces transplants—quite possibly the future of post-antibiotic intestinal medicine—and the future of my entire family suddenly seemed rosy.
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OG DAD #15: TOT BITES DOG

  • Jerry Stahl
  • January 11, 2013
So I’m standing in front of the fridge, door open, wondering more-or-less what happened to my life, when I suddenly remember I have an eight month old baby in my…
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