P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome writers Michele Filgate, Julie Buntin, Kelly McMasters, Joanna Rakoff, and Robin Reif for a discussion centered around Michele's newest book, What My Father and I Don't Talk About: the captivating follow-up to her first anthology, What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About, featuring sixteen writers tackling the complex — and sometimes contentious —relationships we have with our fathers.
Moderating the talk will be Brian Gresko, writer and editor of the anthology When I First Held You and You Must Go On: 30 Inspirations on Writing and Creativity. After the conversation and audience Q&A, Michele will also sign copies of What My Father and I Don't Talk About.
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- This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating. Doors open at 6:30pm.
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- The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Michele Filgate is the editor of What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About and What My Father and I Don’t Talk About. Her writing has appeared in Longreads, Poets & Writers, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Paris Review Daily, Tin House, Gulf Coast, Oprah Daily, and many other publications. She received her MFA in Fiction from NYU, where she was the recipient of the Stein Fellowship. She teaches creative writing at The New School.
Julie Buntin is the author of Marlena, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize, released in ten territories worldwide, and named a best book of the year by over a dozen outlets, including The Washington Post, NPR, and Kirkus Reviews. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, Vogue, and The New York Times, among other publications. Her work has been supported by the MacDowell Colony, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the New York Community Trust. She has two forthcoming books: a co-edited anthology of dispatches from postpartum life called Notes to New Mothers (Norton), and a second novel — winner of the Ellen Levine Fund for Writers Award — to be published by Random House in 2026. She teaches creative writing at the University of Michigan.
Brian Gresko is a writer, illustrator, literary journalist, and educator based in Brooklyn. Their most recent book is You Must Go On: 30 Inspirations on Writing & Creativity. They co-run Pete’s Reading Series, Brooklyn’s longest running literary venue, and co-founded Writing Co-Lab, a teaching cooperative, through which they conceived and curated 100 Days of Creative Resistance.
Kelly McMasters is an essayist, professor, mother, and former bookshop owner. She is the author of The Leaving Season: A Memoir and Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town, which was the inspiration for the Sundance Selects documentary The Atomic States of America. She is also the co-editor, along with Margot Kahn, of the anthologies Wanting: Women Writing About Desire and This is the Place: Women Writing About Home. Her essays and reviews have appeared in The Atlantic, LitHub, The New York Times, Orion Magazine, The Paris Review Daily, River Teeth, VQR, and more. She is an Associate Professor of English and Director of Publishing Studies at Hofstra University in New York. Find her on Substack at The Magpie.
Joanna Rakoff is the author of the international bestselling memoir My Salinger Year and the bestselling novel A Fortunate Age. Rakoff’s books have been translated into twenty languages, and the film adaptation of My Salinger Year opened in theaters worldwide in 2021 and is now streaming. She has been the recipient of fellowships and residencies from MacDowell, Sewanee, Authors’ Guild, PEN and more and has taught at Columbia University, Brooklyn College, and Aspen Words. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, Elle, and elsewhere, and her new memoir, The Fifth Passenger, is forthcoming from Little, Brown.
Robin Reif was awarded the 2023 Jeffrey E. Smith nonfiction prize from The Missouri Review and was honored as a Notable in Best American Essays 2023 and as a Special Mention in The Pushcart Prize 2025. Her work has appeared in The New York Times “Modern Love” column, McSweeney’s, The Missouri Review, and Off-Assignment, among other publications. Ayin Press published her first short fiction, and she is currently working on a memoir. As a storytelling junkie who’s braved the stages of The Moth and The Magnet Theater, Robin will appear in an upcoming episode of the PBS series “Stories from the Stage.”
