Oliver Munday — HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD - WITH Andrew Ridker

A powerful, singular collection of short stories depicting the evolving role of fatherhood in contemporary society—perfect for readers of Jamel Brinkley’s A Lucky Man and Phil Klay’s Redeployment.From stories about a father who shows up hungover to chaperone his daughter’s kindergarten bowling trip, to another who rediscovers his love of graffiti, and a father who pays for his legal fees and apartment through his OnlyFans earnings, Head of Household is a short story collection that reckons with divorce, financial anxiety, and sexuality to create a collage of the beleaguered father, a man on the frontlines of a masculinity in crisis—stories of men salvaging the shreds of their identities while staging puppet shows and pretending to be ponies for their children.Oliver Munday is a graphic designer and the author of Don’t Sleep: The Urgent Messages of Oliver Munday and the short story collection Head of Household. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Believer, The Sewanee Review, and LitHub. He lives in New York City.Munday is in conversation with Andrew Ridker. His most recent novel, Hope, was named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker and the Boston Globe, among other publications. Longlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, it is currently in development with A24 Films. His new novel, Power & Light, will be published by Viking in 2027. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Andrew lives in Brooklyn, where he runs the Prospect Writers' Workshop.PURCHASE BOOK:https://politics-prose.com/book/9781668078303?ic_referral=WjXbhR78s_QPXaeu5if6PGje_nfC6y0Yatga_268yqUwMz_RzTngiYNv13B_fAJzib5vmbO8jzfC9Qj8icoKHeLx6keOWJ195ObRvhs7h16J_nTLX-wHa8MGUXJGHgjnSvqgMFI