Fed up with rejection, Tim Stobierski quits writing, and discovers that there are some things you can’t stop doing without changing who you are.
Rosanne Cash Performs at Folsom State Prison
March 24, 2013 By 3 Comments
Forty years after the late musician Johnny Cash performed “Folsom Blues” in the Folsom Prison Library, his daughter returns and meets GMP poet Spoon Jackson.
The Next Life [Book Excerpt: 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared]
February 4, 2013 By 2 Comments
My brother Bret started the next life at forty, when he departed from this world by suicide.
Mark Twain, the Depth
November 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Professor Bobkoff is not returning to campus this fall, but his daughter will never forget what he taught her.
The Circumcised Poet and Other Tales
October 15, 2012 By 3 Comments
No matter what has been cut away, what remains is whole.
Fears for Tears: Men and Vulnerability
September 26, 2012 By 5 Comments
Jeff Perera has a story that will make you weep.
Man-to-Man With Poet Joseph Millar
September 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cameron Conaway sits down with blue-collar poet Joseph Millar, who writes about the lives of “people with grease on their hands.”
Un-Defining Manhood
August 7, 2012 By 18 Comments
Men cling to bachelorhood as a defining chapter of their lives, but becoming a husband and father is much more personally defining than being single could ever be, writes Ryan W. Bradley.
The Poet as Archetype
August 2, 2012 By 19 Comments
The difference between being a male poet and being a gay man is that it has become increasingly acceptable to come out as gay.
Poetry by Kids
June 4, 2012 By 3 Comments
Writers form bonds with one another, beginning with the first words we read … and write. An introduction to the Poetry by Kids series on The Good Life.
100 Thousand Poets for Change
September 18, 2011 By 3 Comments
Join The Good Men Project and Michael Rothenberg on September 24, 2011, for a global event: 100 Thousand Poets for Change.
“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.