David Jauss, the author of Glossolalia, teaches at UALR and in the low-residency MFA writing program at Vermont College. His most recent book was You Are Not Here, written in 2002. Michael Chabon also wrote The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, A Model World, Wonder Boys and, of course, Werewolves in their Youth. In Glossolalia it is the gradual relationship between father and son. At first, Dany shows her dislike for her father but, gradually, her hatred turns into love. In Werewolves in Their Youth, it is about Paul who initially dislikes Timothy but gradually starts to like him and they become friends. In both stories the authors sentimentalize family. In Glossolalia by David Jauss, the main character goes from hating to loving his father. The very first scene focuses on the son's hatred for his father. His father, doing him and his mother a favor, turns on the thermostat early in the morning so that he and his mother can wake up to a warm, welcoming home. His father then takes a shower and is ready to go to work. On the contrary, the narrator of the story takes it badly and declares that the boiler and the shower woke him up. Later in the story, his father comes home from work making very strange noises and uttering gibberish. At first he thinks about not going to see him but then runs into the kitchen asking him what happened. I wanted to go to him and ask him what was wrong, but I didn't dare... But then I couldn't take it anymore and I got up and ran down the hall to the kitchen. There, in the center of the room, wearing his Goodyear jacket and work clothes, was my father. He was on all fours, his head dangling as if it were too heavy to support, and he was rocking back and forth and babbling rhythmically. It's funny, but the first thing I thought of when I saw him like that was the way he let me ride on his back when I was little, bucking and neighing like a horse. And as soon as I thought that, I felt my heart pounding in my chest. After this event, the reader can truly see that, deep down, the protagonist loves and cares for his father. When he hears his father enter the house babbling gibberish, he begins to worry.