Bill EvilleCognoscenti contributorBill Eville is the author of "Washed Ashore: Family, Fatherhood and Finding Home on Martha’s Vineyard," published in May by Godine.Recently publishedMy son’s a college sophomore, and I’m still learning how to be a dadParenting taught me how to feel a fuller spectrum of emotions, from love to rage, from grief to worry to ecstatic joy and back again, writes Bill Eville.CognoscentiAug 25, 2023I didn't cry when I took my son to college. Then I got homeI pull into our driveway and see the house listing, as it prepares to welcome back three, not four, writes Bill Eville. CognoscentiSep 8, 2022'The Sun Is Rising In Atlanta': On The Election Of My Friend, Rev. Sen. WarnockBill Eville and his family drove from Massachusetts to Atlanta to help Warnock's U.S. Senate campaign in the Georgia runoff.CognoscentiJan 15, 2021What The Pandemic Lays Bare: Life's Twins Of Hope And SorrowWriter Bill Eville found helpful advice from a nun who lived 800 years ago. CognoscentiApr 29, 2020The Dog I Never WantedBill Eville became a better dog owner in the same way he became a better father: by letting go of his agenda and following the mysteries of his children's minds.CognoscentiJan 23, 2020AdvertisementThe Complicated Joy Of FatherhoodI'm traveling two roads in every moment, looking forward as I watch my son grow up while glancing backward at the boy I once was, writes Bill Eville.CognoscentiJun 14, 2019Running With Bricks: A Former Rival, A Death And The Ghosts Of ParenthoodNews about an old wrestling opponent stirred up memories and fears in writer Bill Eville.CognoscentiNov 8, 2017Holding On, Tightly, To My Daughter's Small Blue BlanketDay, the security blanket that belonged to Bill Eville's daughter, was lost and found and lost again. CognoscentiSep 28, 2017Being Her Dad, And Her Corner ManTaylor Swift is singing that she’s feeling 22, I have an American Girl doll in my lap, and my fingernails are painted a lovely shade of violet, writes Bill Eville....CognoscentiJun 16, 2017Away From Them, But Lighting Their WayHe doesn't really put the stars in the night sky, but, Bill Eville writes, while his children are far from home, he is still trying so hard to be their...CognoscentiDec 13, 2016Next Page
My son’s a college sophomore, and I’m still learning how to be a dadParenting taught me how to feel a fuller spectrum of emotions, from love to rage, from grief to worry to ecstatic joy and back again, writes Bill Eville.CognoscentiAug 25, 2023
I didn't cry when I took my son to college. Then I got homeI pull into our driveway and see the house listing, as it prepares to welcome back three, not four, writes Bill Eville. CognoscentiSep 8, 2022
'The Sun Is Rising In Atlanta': On The Election Of My Friend, Rev. Sen. WarnockBill Eville and his family drove from Massachusetts to Atlanta to help Warnock's U.S. Senate campaign in the Georgia runoff.CognoscentiJan 15, 2021
What The Pandemic Lays Bare: Life's Twins Of Hope And SorrowWriter Bill Eville found helpful advice from a nun who lived 800 years ago. CognoscentiApr 29, 2020
The Dog I Never WantedBill Eville became a better dog owner in the same way he became a better father: by letting go of his agenda and following the mysteries of his children's minds.CognoscentiJan 23, 2020
The Complicated Joy Of FatherhoodI'm traveling two roads in every moment, looking forward as I watch my son grow up while glancing backward at the boy I once was, writes Bill Eville.CognoscentiJun 14, 2019
Running With Bricks: A Former Rival, A Death And The Ghosts Of ParenthoodNews about an old wrestling opponent stirred up memories and fears in writer Bill Eville.CognoscentiNov 8, 2017
Holding On, Tightly, To My Daughter's Small Blue BlanketDay, the security blanket that belonged to Bill Eville's daughter, was lost and found and lost again. CognoscentiSep 28, 2017
Being Her Dad, And Her Corner ManTaylor Swift is singing that she’s feeling 22, I have an American Girl doll in my lap, and my fingernails are painted a lovely shade of violet, writes Bill Eville....CognoscentiJun 16, 2017
Away From Them, But Lighting Their WayHe doesn't really put the stars in the night sky, but, Bill Eville writes, while his children are far from home, he is still trying so hard to be their...CognoscentiDec 13, 2016
