Joshua David Stein

Tattoos | Fatherly | Fatherhood

What I Tell My Children About My Truly Awful Tattoos

When 'I was drunk and in college' isn't the right response. When I was eighteen, I had an apartment in Florence,...

By Joshua David Stein - January 1, 2020
Fatherly | Fatherhood | Daniel Mendelsohn

Talking Greek Food, ‘The Odyssey’, and Dads with Daniel Mendelsohn

The idea is to go home, but that's not always possible. The other day I had lunch with Daniel Mendelsohn, the most famous...

By Joshua David Stein - January 1, 2020
Fatherhood | Fatherly | Loneliness

How I Keep Dad Loneliness At Bay Using Internet Video Clips

ike many fathers in New York City, and other places where space is a premium, I don’t have enough space in my home for...

By Joshua David Stein - January 1, 2020
Gaga | Fatherly

How a Bloody-Knuckled Dodgeball Knockoff Took Summer Camp By Storm

It was the timid kids -- the Michael Rosenbergs, the Jeff Kleins, the David Kaufmans -- who inevitably lasted longer in the pit. For the...

By Joshua David Stein - January 1, 2020
David Wain | Fatherly

David Wain Never Came Home From Camp

"At the time, you think counselors are adults, but they're not." ay marks the release on Netflix of Wet Hot American...

By Joshua David Stein - January 1, 2020
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