Hugging My Father's Ghost
A Memoir of a Shortened Life
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Cirque Press
Publication Date: October 6, 2026 ISBN: 979-8-90333-744-6 In this memoir, Zack Rogow tries to solve the mystery of the father he never knew. Lee Rogow was a widely published fiction writer, drama critic for the Hollywood Reporter, glamorous man-about-town in Manhattan of the 1950s, captain of a U.S. Navy landing craft in World War II—and he died tragically in a plane crash when his son Zack was only three years old. For decades, grief kept Zack from looking closely at his father’s writings. Hugging My Father’s Ghost includes Lee Rogow’s most intimate works that reveal intriguing secrets about Zack’s parents and their complex connections to the couple their children knew as godparents. The book blends laugh-out-loud humor with sharp pathos, while dealing with the pressures on immigrant families. “This is a moving story of grief, genius, and laughter, beautifully told. And a good read!” —Robert Pinsky, U.S. Poet Laureate 1997–2000, and author of Jersey Breaks “Zack Rogow has gone the distance in this compelling probe.” —Phillip Lopate, author and editor of The Art of the Personal Essay “I could hardly put down this engrossing memoir.” —Judith Barrington, author of Writing the Memoir |
Lee Rogow, 1948
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