***image1***Tales of fatherhood and family life-with a twist.In this issue, SFR unabashedly celebrates the literary success of one of its own. "Daddy Needs A Drink" columnist Robert Wilder publishes his first book, Daddy Needs A Drink, this week. Wilder will read from the book at a reception and reading at 4 pm Saturday, April 29 at the Cowgirl.Wilder was born on Long Island but raised with his three brothers in Westport, Conn., a country block away from Martha Stewart. He has worked as a gas station attendant, dishwasher, factory worker, landscape grunt, grass cutter, lackey, busboy,
waiter, concession stand clerk, housepainter, soccer
camp director, dog show researcher, fundraiser and advertising
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executive.Wilder is a graduate
of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers, and has a master's degree from New Mexico State University and a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan. He has published fiction and nonfiction in Parenting, Salon, Creative Nonfiction, The Greensboro Review, The Colorado Review, Hayden's Ferry Review and elsewhere. He has been a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, "The Big Show with Honey Harris" on KBAC FM in Santa Fe and Back Roads Radio. His fiction and essays have been nominated for numerous awards including The Pushcart Prize. Daddy Needs A Drink, Wilder's first book, is a funny look at
Wilder's life with his wife, artist Lala Carroll, and their
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two children,
Poppy and London (photographed this week by Jennifer Esperanza).The TV rights for Daddy Needs A Drink have sold to Watson Pond Productions for sitcom adaptation. Wilder, also a teacher at Santa Fe Prep, is now at work on his second book, a funny (of course) look at teachers, students and the educational soup.But first, we exclusively present two chapter excerpts from Daddy Needs A Drink:[Editor's note: the excerpts are available in the print version only. Please contact our offices at 505-988-5541 to obtain a copy.]
