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Chloe Aridjis | Portrait of My Father
Chloe Aridjis
‘My father has always said that he was born twice.’
Benjamin Anastas | Portrait of My Father
Benjamin Anastas
‘For years when I was growing up, I passed underneath this double-nude every time I climbed up or down the stairs in my father’s house.’
Lê Thi Diem Thúy | Portrait of My Father
Lê Thi Diem Thúy
‘He believes there is a future for us somewhere. When he smiles like that, who can tell him otherwise?’
Maud Newton | Portrait of My Father
Maud Newton
‘Exactly how long the prostitute, unbeknownst to my father, stayed at our house and slept in my bed is hard to gauge.’
Rabih Alameddine | Portrait of My Father
Rabih Alameddine
‘I come from a family that hangs pictures of family on its walls.’
Gary Shteyngart | Portrait of My Father
Gary Shteyngart
‘I am fourteen years old and this is the only time I have ever successfully driven a car in my entire life.’
The Inauguration
Daniel Alarcón
‘With few exceptions, presidents do not comment on or even recognize an individual loss like this one; they operate on another scale, and there is no room within their discourse for something so small.’
Jim Shepard | Portrait of My Father
Jim Shepard
‘His solution was to do everything that was humanly possible for those he loved, without any sense that he was owed anything in return.’
