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Lucas Mann
Cognoscenti contributor
Lucas Mann is the author of "Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances," "Captive Audience: On Love and Reality Television," "Lord Fear: A Memoir," and "Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere." He teaches creative writing at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and lives in Providence, Rhode Island with his family, where they own Riffraff Bookstore and Bar.