Word: fatherness
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Upon reading his daughter’s work, Carter’s father, Clinton A. Carter ’83, was the first to suggest that she attempt to publish the novel...
...felt that the book was ready. Acting on the advice of poet and publisher Kwame Alexander—whom Carter met at a musical retreat—the aspiring author and her father traveled to Los Angeles to attend BookExpo America, the largest annual book trade fair in the United States...
...person behind the booth, who turned out to be a vice president at Simon & Schuster, “just engulfed Noni with energy” and asked her to return the next day, according to Carter’s father...
...would go upstairs, and her sister and the dolls would all be around her, and Noni would have her papers out teaching class,” Carter’s father remembers...
...band’s newfound drive and self-assuredness is quite evident in their lyrics. “Ambling Alp” features a father advising, “Stick up for yourself, son”; on “Rome,” the protagonist declares, “Rome is gonna be mine / It’s just a matter of time;” even “O.N.E.’s” somewhat passive narrator declares, “I won’t stop ‘til I’ve given...