Tag: american football

• Memoir: My father the war veteran (1970)

  

  Sarah and I exchange a nervous smile. This is so strange! Where is this going?

  abendelow

  November 29, 2023

  memoir

  alcoholism, american football, domestic violence, john wayne, masculinity, memoir, spousal abuse, team sports, usmc, verbal abuse, violence

• Memoir: football fantasies (1968-72)

  

  As you get older, you’ll see how fantasies change with the situation, but your football dreams reanimated in me yesterday…

  abendelow

  September 23, 2023

  memoir

  american football, coming of age, dad memories, fantasy, memoir, oak park, sports, violence