
Alexs Pate
Clip: Season 2 Episode 18 | 4m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Minneapolis writer Alexs Pate explores paternal relationships in his 2011 memoir.
Minneapolis writer Alexs Pate is author of numerous fiction and poetry books, an analysis of hip-hop music, and a new memoir to be published in 2011. The forthcoming memoir explores, among other topics, a father's 'capacity to build bridges and make relationships whole again,' even when it can feel like an impossibility for him and so many other fathers.
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Alexs Pate
Clip: Season 2 Episode 18 | 4m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Minneapolis writer Alexs Pate is author of numerous fiction and poetry books, an analysis of hip-hop music, and a new memoir to be published in 2011. The forthcoming memoir explores, among other topics, a father's 'capacity to build bridges and make relationships whole again,' even when it can feel like an impossibility for him and so many other fathers.
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