Book · 2017 · Family
Priestdaddy
- mentions
- 8
- people
- 5
- podcast
- 1
- episodes
- 8
- recommendations
- 6
I mean Patricia Lockwood's priest daddy which is one of my favorite books on this list is um just the portrait of her father in that book is Central to it and hysterically funny.
What they say about it
- Calls it a favorite“favorite book of mine”3
The best things said about it
I'll be quick because I'm reading I finished priest daddy by Patricia Lockwood which I talked about the past couple of weeks and which I would still just highly recommend.
Her Memoir priest daddy is a favorite book of mine and she's also a very talented poet.
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood is a sharply witty and unconventional memoir recounting the author's eccentric upbringing in the Midwest as the daughter of a married Catholic priest. On The Book Review, Jenny Schuessler noted that she had just started reading the poet's celebrated autobiographical work, while Greg Coles recommended the 2017 release for its singular perspective. John Williams repeatedly praised the memoir across several episodes, calling it a personal favorite and highlighting the vivid depiction of the author's family dynamics. Gilbert Cruz also included the title when discussing notable nonfiction books from that year. In a retrospective discussion about the best memoirs published since 1969, Dwight Garner and another guest focused on the book, singling out the central portrayal of the author's father as hysterically funny and unforgettable. The speakers uniformly celebrated Lockwood's distinct poetic voice, which infuses domestic strangehood with immense warmth and irreverent humor. Through these discussions, the podcast contributors underscored how the memoir balances sharp social observation with deep familial affection, cementing its status as a modern classic of comedic nonfiction.
Every mention
John Williams her Memoir priest daddy is a favorite book of mine and she's also a very talented poet 3
“her Memoir priest daddy is a favorite book of mine and she's also a very talented poet”
“I'll be quick because I'm reading I finished priest daddy by Patricia Lockwood which I talked about the past couple of weeks and which I would still just highly recommend”
“and then I'm continuing into Patricia Lockwood's priest daddy which I mentioned on the show last week which is her Memoir about growing up with her father in the Midwest and her mother and her sister”
Gilbert Cruz and priest daddy by Patricia Lockwood 1
“and priest daddy by Patricia Lockwood”
Greg Cowles I'm reading a memoir called priest Daddy it's all one word priest daddy by the poet Patricia Lockwood that… 1
“I'm reading a memoir called priest Daddy it's all one word priest daddy by the poet Patricia Lockwood that came out in 2017”
Jennifer Schuessler I just started this week um the poet Patricia Lockwood's Memoir from Recently published called priest Daddy… 1
“I just started this week um the poet Patricia Lockwood's Memoir from Recently published called priest Daddy and it's about her time being raised uh in the midwest by her father who was a the rare uh married priest”
Dwight Garner I mean Patricia Lockwood's priest daddy which is one of my favorite books on this list is um just the portr… 1
“I mean Patricia Lockwood's priest daddy which is one of my favorite books on this list is um just the portrait of her father in that book is Central to it and hysterically funny”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“I mean Patricia Lockwood's priest daddy which is one of my favorite books on this list is um just the portrait of her father in that book is Central to it”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“she's the author of a previous Memoir priest staddy and something of a Twitter performance artist”
“if you've read priest daddy her h I ious and Brilliant Memoir you know that she grew up in rectories across the Midwest with a priest father a very eccentric one”