Four Recent Pieces on Parenthood

On this Father's Day, here are four terrific recent pieces I've been lucky to come across — two very short essays, two short poems — that capture this part of life so well:

• "Mum's the Word," by Rivka Galchen
• "What is Possible," by Mohsin Hamid
• "To White Noise," by Carrie Fountain
• "Poem Without Sleep," by Carrie Fountain