The current featured contributor to Writers Read: Robert Wilder, author of Daddy Needs a Drink: An Irreverent Look at Parenting from a Dad Who Truly Loves His Kids--Even When They're Driving Him Nuts and Tales from the Teachers' Lounge: What I Learned in School the Second Time Around--One Man's Irreverent Look at Being a Teacher.One book he tagged:
I also just finished a terrific book of short stories: The Mother Garden by Robin Romm. I had a horrible bout of insomnia before we left for Florida and after tossing and turning, I went out to the loveseat in our living room and devoured these delightful stories. What I like about Romm’s work is that she allows so much mystery (some would say magic) into otherwise realistic premises. A daughter fiRobert Wilder's column, “Daddy Needs a Drink,” is published monthly in the Santa Fe Reporter.nds her father roaming in the desert; a woman washes up on the shore during a disconnected family reunion; all her stories invite us to wonder and wander along the twisted roads of her wonderful prose. [read on]
Visit Wilder's website, his Facebook presence, and his MySpace page.
The Page 99 Test: Daddy Needs A Drink.
Writers Read: Robert Wilder.
--Marshal Zeringue



