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Hipster humorist is a dad at heart

Neal Pollack, with his son Elijah, has written 'Alternadad.' Neal Pollack, with his son Elijah, has written "Alternadad." (NILES FULLER FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)
By Nick A. Zaino III
Globe Correspondent / January 13, 2007

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Neal Pollack spent the first decade of his career satirizing all forms of memoir, from rock 'n' roll tell-alls to war journals. In "The Neal Pollack Anthology of Literature," he called himself "the greatest writer of my time." In "Never Mind the Pollacks," he was "the breathing essence of America's music." (Full article: 628 words)

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