“There has never been a sound so loud” Joe D’Arrigo tells the story of his wife’s death. Excerpted from the original Good Men Project anthology.
Cooking for Dad
March 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Colin Berry watches his father age, and steps in to help feed him.
Why Do Gay Porn Stars Kill Themselves?
March 4, 2013 By 15 Comments
Why do porn actors kill themselves? Who is responsible?
Natural Born Runner
February 18, 2013 By 2 Comments
Of all the members of his close knit Ukrainian family, Jeff Swain most uncannily resembles his Uncle Albie, who was also a runner.
A Brief Introduction and Call for Submissions From the New Humor Editor
February 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Omar Shaukat, The Good Men Project’s editor for the newly founded Humor Section, reveals his deep relationship with comedy.
Iris: The Story of a Polio Mother
February 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The story of a boy from Hardscrabble, Illinois, and his courageous mother.
Months of Lockdown
February 10, 2013 By 1 Comment
While in lockdown, poet and prisoner Spoon Jackson flies in his mind’s eye, witness to freedom and injustice.
Unconquered
January 28, 2013 By 1 Comment
Jeff Swain defines ‘unconquered,’ with some help from his friends: William Ernest ‘Captain of My Soul’ Henley and Tom Petty.
Poem: Epitaph … for Skip
January 24, 2013 By 1 Comment
Daniel Lee Fee’s elegy for a young man describes the feelings “neither one of us guys / was brave enough, / simple enough, / to say, / to say out loud.”
Ten Wicked Idioms That I Love
January 23, 2013 By 4 Comments
Without letting the cat out of the bag: Carl Pettit loves idioms suggesting the torture of house cats.
The Circle of Life
January 21, 2013 By 2 Comments
The Beatles, The Bible, and the Sanskrit word for bliss: Jeff Swain explains how by following our bliss, we find our purpose.
Baseball Legend Stan Musial Dead at 92
January 20, 2013 By 1 Comment
“Stan the Man” Musial, one of the all-time great hitters, is gone.
New New Salem
January 18, 2013 By 1 Comment
I drew my saber and he aimed the rifle at me. “Don’t shoot,” I said. “It’d be too depressing to die today.” By Brian Allen Carr
The Other Health Risk For Middle-Aged Men: Suicide
January 17, 2013 By 16 Comments
Societal suppression of male emotion contributes to the 4th leading cause of death that no one talks about.
“After a fire fight, we went out into the killing fields to count bodies. I’ll bet you think we counted bodies, don’t you?”
This comment is by ogwriter on the Call for Submissions for War Stories.