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NANTUCKET LIT PHLOG

AN INTERVIEW WITH FATHER’S DAY AUTHOR SEFTON EISENHART

NJB // 2025-07-11 // Lafayette, CO

© 2025 Nicholas Bernhard

CC-BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

[ALT TEXT: Book cover showing a young woman in a biker outfit wearing a visor-helmet and sitting on a dirt bike. The words “FATHER’S DAY” and “A CRIME STORY” are to the left of the helmet, and the words “by Sefton Eisenhart” is below the dirt bike.]

Last year, I interviewed writer Sefton Eisenhart


















lit.com/blog/2024/03/2024-03-01_an_interview_with_author_sefton_eisenhart.html)
about his short story story *The Chaos of Heat*
(https://nantucketlit.com/books/seftoneisenhart/chaosofheat/index.html). 

Now, Nantucket Lit is proud to present Eisenhart's latest short story,
**Father's Day**
(https://nantucketlit.com/books/seftoneisenhart/fathersday/index.html). In
addition to the ebook edition, it's also the first story in a new linefrom
Nantucket Lit: limited-edition, collectible chapbooks
(https://nantucketlit.com/fathersday).

And now, readers, some more words with writer Sefton Eisenhart:   

**NICHOLAS BERNHARD:** In our last interview, you said that you prefer total
quiet while working. Living in a big city, what are some ways you find quiet
time to write?

**SEFTON EISENHART:** As much as I may try to write in cafes or parks, I have
come to accept that the only place I can get any real writing done is in my
residence. Whether or not it's quiet is largely in God's hands.

**NB:** In the story, Ida is instructed that "Air conditioners are dinner
invitations." What was your research process for the various burglary
techniques described?

**SE:** Most of my research comes from having some friends who are current and
former criminals.

**NB:** Your description of the mayflies descending by the millions on the
Memorial Bridge brought back memories. Two years ago, Colorado was slammed by
Miller Moths, I had to clear thousands of them out of the buildings at my job
site. As you approached a building you could hear them tapping against the
walls. Living in the northeastern US, what are some of your bug imbroglios?

**SE:** The mayfly situation actually occurred while I was living in
Wrightsville, PA. It was a multi-night swarm of biblical proportions.

**NB:** Like me, you enjoy journaling. Is there a particular brand of notebook
you prefer, or a particular brand of pen/pencil?

**SE:** I use Moleskine Cahiers, preferably with gridded paper and Zebra F-301
ballpoint pens.

**NB:** Where have you been finding new books lately? Are you in any book
clubs, or finding things at bookstores/libraries?

**SE:** Like many readers, I always seem to have a stack of books waiting to be
read. Here in Brooklyn, I get a lot of stuff from Molasses Books
(https://www.instagram.com/molassesbooks/?hl=en). Not only are they a used
bookshop, but they are also a cafe/bar that stays open late and it makes for a
good hangout.

**Father's Day** *is available for sale as an EPUB file
(https://buy.stripe.com/cNi6oGeyI7Rw4p92rbgA80j), a numbered edition of 50
copies (https://buy.stripe.com/4gM28q0HS0p45tdc1LgA80e), and a a lettered
edition of 26 copies (https://buy.stripe.com/4gM28q1LW2xcbRBe9TgA80f). Both
editions are signed by Eisenhart on the title page.*

*The next blog post will be an interview with artist Tauseef Ahmed, who
illustrated the cover of* ***Father's Day.***

*Have you read Father's Day? What did you think? Email a comment and I'll share
it below.*


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