Years ago, I worked at a fashion magazine. I was the lowest man on the totem pole, one of the only men… — Rumaan Alam Brother Copy Share Image
I didn't know, at 22, that regret is useless. If I could go back and change something - give myself some big… — Rumaan Alam Big break Copy Share Image
Writing takes gall. I like to think that's true even for writers with several books under their belt, writers who have been… — Rumaan Alam Books Copy Share Image
This tension between ambition and parenthood, that's not a reckoning that many men face. There are plenty of men who say, 'Oh,… — Rumaan Alam Ambition Copy Share Image
Obama-as-dad is my favorite Obama. Obama-as-executive, with his stubborn faith in reasonableness in times absent of reason, presided over the country during… — Rumaan Alam Dad Copy Share Image
Parenting advice is mostly useless because every family is uniquely its own; artistic advice is mostly useless because every artist works in… — Rumaan Alam Advice Copy Share Image
History is a story like any other, but black history is a story so devoid of logic that it frustrates the young… — Rumaan Alam Black history Copy Share Image
I think that in the cultural imagination, motherhood has a primacy that fatherhood just doesn't; and that's not to say that there… — Rumaan Alam Fatherhood Copy Share Image
Instead of a passion for the Yankees or fly-fishing or birding, I want to pass on to my sons a love of… — Rumaan Alam Art Copy Share Image
One of the many American ideals that make no sense at all is that we're all a million rugged individualists marching in… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
It's my own personal hang-up, but I find adults who are picky eaters to be the worst. I don't mean food allergies… — Rumaan Alam Dinner party Copy Share Image
I'm a square. I always wanted the standard-issue American dream: beautiful home, loving husband, couple of kids. I met another square, and… — Rumaan Alam American dream Copy Share Image
Wishing there were more children's books like 'The Snowy Day' is a bit like wishing there were more grownup books like 'Anna… — Rumaan Alam Books Copy Share Image
There is a tendency to presume autobiography in fiction by women or minorities. Guys named Jonathan write universal stories, while there's this… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
Blackness, any sort of difference, is not a burden. Relegating blackness or other sorts of difference to serious books that explicitly engage… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
When my husband and I first became parents, we joked that our chubby baby was destined to grow into an Alex P.… — Rumaan Alam Brooklyn Copy Share Image
I grew up in the D.C. suburbs, and what I like about that place is that there's not a strong regional affect… — Rumaan Alam City Copy Share Image
When you are young, it's deeply annoying to be told that certain things are a condition of your youth. There's almost always… — Rumaan Alam Age Copy Share Image
It's not that a literature for children of color doesn't exist; it's that so much of the extant literature is lacking in… — Rumaan Alam Books Copy Share Image
I do think that I have a sensitivity to the depictions of maybe all minorities in literature. And I think that the… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
Among this country's enduring myths is that success is virtuous, while the wealth by which we measure success is incidental. We tell… — Rumaan Alam Happiness Copy Share Image
