Originally published in major publications, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, these relatable essays about everyday life sparkle with humor, pathos, and optimism. Sollisch doesn't waste a word—or a moment of your time—getting to the point. He pokes and prods every experience until it yields a surprising insight. What's really behind people's obsessions with bucket lists? How did Boomers, who had the best parents, ruin parenting forever? Why do men have to unlearn just about everything they know to become good fathers? Why is there an Encyclopedia of Jews in sports? What's with guys still asking fathers for permission to marry their daughters?
Whether he's explaining how he lost his two-year old son at the mall or revealing the real reason he donated a kidney, Sollisch is a master storyteller and a keen observer of the small truths that make us human. There are odes to basketball, grocery shopping, monogamy, rants against air travel, the death of the family dinner, and bad writing that will have you nodding your head.
Sollisch's voice is distinct and familiar—like someone you meet at a party and instantly feel like you've known forever. Some readers may have heard his voice on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, where he was a commentator reading his own essays for several years.