Even now, after whatever gains feminism has made in involving fathers in the rearing of their children, I still think virtually all of us spend the most formative years of our lives very much in the presence of women.

He has also been noted for his sexually frank writing and the ambiguous nature of his own sexuality; Price did not write publicly about being gay until his third memoir Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home Coming Back publiReynolds Priced in 2009. Price is a favorite author of Bill Clinton who invited him to dinner at the White House early in his first term. Reynolds Price (February 1 1933 – January 20 2011) born Edward Reynolds Price was an American novelist poet dramatist essayist and the James B.

He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Duke Professor of English at Duke University.