Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Oliver Munday, author of HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, sits down with senior editor Yahdon Israel to discuss his debut short story collection. As author and editor as well as fathers, the two consider HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD's role in paving in the way for books about fatherhood, how the title and first story in the collection set the tone for the whole book, and how readers have reacted to the book.

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Timestamps
00:00-00:49: Intro
00:50-04:45: Reader Reaction to HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
04:46-09:57: “Fist”, the First Short Story in HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
09:58-13:18: Coming Up with the Book Title
13:19-17:06: Themes in HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
17:07-25:32: Writing About Domesticity and Fatherhood
25:33-27:09: The Origins of HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
27:10-28:27: Reader Takeaways from HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
28:28-28:43: Outro