#Occupy Is Art

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The #Occupy movement has already changed the conversation, Alison Leigh Lilly writes, and that makes it a success.

Use Everything

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Loving yourself is the soul’s work, says Rick Belden.

The Fear of Tears

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Rick Belden isn’t scared of the feeling of pain. He’s just scared he’ll actually have to express it.

Secret Children: A Poem About Abuse

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Rick Belden, with a haunting poem of abuse, the ramifications, and how to move forward

Wolves at Bay: A Poem About a Partner’s Abuse

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Jack Varnell’s first-person poem describes what it’s like to have a partner who was abused.

I Ain’t Talking

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When you can’t talk, write poetry.

100 Thousand Poets for Change

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Join The Good Men Project and Michael Rothenberg on September 24, 2011, for a global event: 100 Thousand Poets for Change.

An Interview with a Good Man: Larry Lawrence, @TheAmericanPoet

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Cameron Conaway interviews Twitter-famed poet, Larry Lawrence, a.k.a. @TheAmericanPoet.

The Curse of a Reformed Liar

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A poem by Jack Varnell

An Interview With Poet Franklin Abbott

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Yolo Akili interviews poet Franklin Abbott about radical faeries, radical male feminism, and radical love.

You Make My Dreams Lucid

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Brian Heffron with a poem that touches upon men’s desire, at the heart of everything, to fly.

Jimmy Santiago Baca and The Monk’s Eye

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A discussion about poetry-performing gangbangers, freedom, social justice and attentiveness.

The Times I’ve Made Small Children Cry

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William Ball navigates a surreal post–high school world of ulcers, pregnancy, plagiarism, and death.

Lessons From the Women in My Life

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My wife has said that having two daughters (before a son) was karmic balancing. There were important life lessons I needed to learn.

Regie Gibson on Fox 25 in Boston

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Regie Gibson is one of the contributors to The Good Men Project book. He’s a slam poet who grew up in a beauty salon in Chicago. Gibson was featured on today’s Good Men Project segment on Fox 25 in Boston. Here’s his interview.