Rick Moody on Being a Godfather

The Godfather

By Rick Moody
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the December 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Sure, it may be an old-fashioned role, but novelist Rick Moody, who is spiritual guide to four wild-haired moppets, takes his job seriously: no-nonsense truth-telling, baring his heart, backyard swordplay, and a willingness to turn pieties upside down.

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