The Writer in the Family by E.L. Doctorow
Performed by Avi Hoffman
The story of a youth named Jonathan, whose father Jack has died, but whose paternal side of the family, in particular Jonathan's Aunt Frances, lies to Jonathan's paternal grandmother maintaining that Jack, a failed salesman, has moved to Arizona.
“The Writer in the Family” from LIVES OF THE POETS by E.L. Doctorow (Random House, 1984.) Copyright © 1984 by E.L. Doctorow. Used by permission.
