Superman of the House
When Bryan Parys’ father died, he was told that it was up to him to be the ‘man of the house.’ He was 4. Twenty-three years later, he’s still trying to figure out what his father meant.In 1987, just a...
View ArticlePregnancy of the Mind
Bryan Parys is overwhelmed with worry that a burrito will kill him before his unborn baby grows up.Since I’m in the midst of a job search, I have to pop back up north to my hometown of Laconia, New...
View ArticleThey Aren’t Playing Our Song
Bryan Parys writes about The Antlers’ Hospice, and how sometimes our connections with a song might not be rational.View“There’s a bear inside your stomach.”ViewAlmost every night of her third...
View ArticleWaiting for the Email That Will Change My Life
When you are unemployed, waiting for Gmail is a lot like waiting for Godot.“So, what do you do?”I make tea at 10 a.m. It’s what I do to force the day into happening. Meaning that, by the end of the...
View ArticleAn Ambient Birth Story
If you want to hear what the birth of Bryan Parys’ son was like, then you better pull up a chair and put on Julianna Barwick’s new album. When it comes to birth stories, people want the cliché: “Mom...
View ArticleDear Paul: Don’t Forget to Forget Me
‘Forgetting does not mean we are forgotten. Forgetting is an active fading, a process that says we are losing, but we are also fighting back.’You’ve probably never listened to—or heard of—Paul Mauriat...
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