ins ). ▁He ▁is ▁included ▁in ▁Contempor ary ▁Auth ors , ▁Volume ▁ 2 3 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁and ▁Contempor ary ▁Auth ors ▁New ▁Re vision ▁Series , ▁Volume ▁ 1 9 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁Writing ▁Father ' s ▁Day ▁was ▁a ▁step ▁in ▁Gal anes ▁coming ▁to ▁terms ▁with ▁his ▁father ' s ▁death . ▁ ▁Gal anes ▁currently ▁writes ▁the ▁modern - day ▁advice ▁column ▁" So cial ▁Q ' s ", ▁which ▁appears ▁week ly ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁Sunday ▁St yles ▁section . ▁The ▁column ▁came ▁about ▁when ▁a ▁Times ▁editor ▁who ▁read ▁one ▁of ▁Gal anes ' s ▁nov els ▁proposed ▁he ▁try ▁the ▁new ▁medium . ▁▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁Gal anes ' s ▁ess ays ▁from ▁the ▁column ▁were ▁published ▁as ▁the ▁book ▁Social ▁Q ' s : ▁How ▁to ▁Sur v ive ▁the ▁Qu irks , ▁Qu and aries , ▁and ▁Qu ag m ires ▁of ▁Today . ▁New ▁York , ▁NY : ▁Simon ▁& ▁Sch uster , ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁. ▁ ▁As ▁character ized ▁by ▁radio ▁inter v iewer ▁Terry ▁G ross , ▁the ▁ess ays ▁" off ers ▁advice ▁on ▁how ▁to ▁handle ▁difficult ▁social ▁situations ▁at ▁work ▁and ▁at ▁home , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁how ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁new ▁et iqu ette ▁questions ▁rel ating ▁to ▁text ing , ▁email ▁and ▁social ▁media ". ▁Gal anes ▁also ▁mon itors ▁the ▁" So cial ▁Q ' s " ▁group ▁on