'He was the most attractive person in the room': Tom Junod writes memoir about his complex father

Orlando Montoya speaks to Atlanta journalist Tom Junod about his new book, In the Days of My Youth, I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man, in which he takes a tough and unflinching gaze at his father and, in the process, writes both an enthralling family drama and a pointed social commentary. 

Apr 22, 2026 - 08:00
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'He was the most attractive person in the room': Tom Junod writes memoir about his complex father
Orlando Montoya speaks to Atlanta journalist Tom Junod about his new book, In the Days of My Youth, I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man, in which he takes a tough and unflinching gaze at his father and, in the process, writes both an enthralling family drama and a pointed social commentary. 

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