Gretchen Cherington Releases Poetic License...

In the vein of Small Fry by Lisa Brennan Jobs and Famous Father Girl by Jamie Bernstein, Cherington’s memoir explores her life as a Pulitzer prize winning poet’s daughter: how she confronts her family’s myths and her beloved father’s betrayals while finding her voice and establishing her own legacy. 

A celebrated writer in her own right (her essay “Maine Roustabout” was nominated for a 2012 Pushcart Prize), her father Richard Eberhart was a household name whose literary career spanned eight decades, including his roles as poet-in-residence-turned-emeritus professor at Dartmouth, U.S. Poet Laureate under Eisenhower and Kennedy from 1959-1961, and winner of the Bollinger prize in 1962, the Pulitzer Prize in 1966, and the National Book Award in 1977 (with an additional 5 nominations). To the world, her father was untouchable, a revered celebrity talent. But to Gretchen, he was just her beloved dad. Until he wasn’t.