“Laws Concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father” by Ian Frazier

The humorous essay “Laws Concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father” by Ian Frazier, first published in the February 1997 issue of “The Atlantic Monthly,” is one of my favourite commentaries on fatherhood. As a sometimes-Professor of English Composition, Rhetoric, and Creativity, I look forward to summers with mixed longing and dread....