Martha Sherrill's guest appearances

Martha Sherrill

Esquire Classic Podcast

Angelina Jolie

Ken Auletta

Nora Ephron

E. Jean Carroll

Norman Mailer

David Foster Wallace

Michael Bay

Susan Orlean

Tom Junod

Tom Wolfe

Garry Wills

Elizabeth Kaye

Ted Williams

Raymond Carver

Jim Harrison

OwlTail

Martha Sherrill’s father, Peter, rakish and handsome, was an irrepressible charmer and natural raconteur; when he died, she was flooded with calls from his ex-girlfriends who wanted to pay their respects and share their stories about this man who adored women. This week Sherrill joins host David Brancaccio to discuss her intimate 1999 Esquire essay, “My Father the Bachelor,” one of the most unusual and endearing tributes to fatherhood ever published.

<p>Martha Sherrill’s father, Peter, rakish and handsome, was an irrepressible charmer and natural raconteur; when he died, she was flooded with calls from his ex-girlfriends who wanted to pay their respects and share their stories about this man who adored women. This week Sherrill joins host David Brancaccio to discuss her intimate 1999 Esquire essay, “My Father the Bachelor,” one of the most unusual and endearing tributes to fatherhood ever published.</p>

My Father, the Bachelor, by Martha Sherrill