Letters

First Man in the Line

These are the letters that make up the project.

Each one explores fatherhood, emotional inheritance,
and the patterns we carry from the families we come from.

Some are written to my father.
Some are written to my son.
Some are written to the boy I used to be.

Together they form the story of a man trying to break the line he inherited.

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First Man in the Line

The Day I Learned You Were Coming

The moment I learned I was going to be a father, my first instinct was escape. A letter about inherited absence and the choice to end it.

Anthony A. Luna Mar 14, 2026
First Man in the Line

A Letter to My Father

A son writes to the father who kept leaving, confronting absence, inheritance, and the decision to break the pattern before becoming a dad.

Anthony A. Luna Mar 5, 2026
First Man in the Line

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First Man in the Line is a writing project about breaking inherited patterns, fatherhood, and becoming the man your family history didn’t teach you...

Anthony A. Luna Mar 5, 2026

New letters every Saturday.

A new literary project called First Man in the Line.

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