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Modern manhood is confusing and complicated, but Joey Franklin, a thirtysomething father of three, is determined to make the best of it. In My Wife Wants You to Know I'm Happily Married, he offers frank, self-deprecating meditations on everything from male-pattern baldness and the balm of blues harmonica to Grand Theft Auto and the staying power of first kisses. He riffs on cockroaches, hockey, romance novels, Boy Scout hikes, and the challenge of parenting a child through high-stakes Texas T-ball.
About the Author
Joey Franklin is the author of My Wife Wants You to Know I'm Happily Married (Nebraska 2015) . His essays and articles have recently appeared in Writer's Chronicle, Poets & Writer's, Ninth Letter, Hunger Mountain, and the Norton Reader. His essay "Houseguest," was a Best American Essays notable essay of 2015, and his essay "How to be a T-Ball Parent," won the 2011 Sport Literate essay prize. He teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
