What were the 31 original stories that inspired The Good Men Project mission? Here are seven great reasons to find out.
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1) The conversation is important. Thirty-one guys share their stories with the world. Stories about war and sex and sexuality and infidelity and redemption and death and marriage. There are stories about men trying to be good fathers and men trying to be good sons. Are they all “good” men? You tell us. This is the conversation we want to have.
2) The stories will surprise you. Do you know what it’s like to be a photojournalist in Iraq, one who thinks he might want to come back home, live a normal life, but finds himself inexplicitly drawn back to the foxholes again and again? Have you struggled with being a reluctant stay-at-home dad, envious of men who go off to work? Have you had a moment with your wife when you stormed out of the house, and in retrospect said, “Truth be told, I was leaving her.” The stories are varied, and rich, and interesting. Read an excerpt from Jesse Kornbluth’s story “Sex and Drugs made me a Man” here. Or from “Here’s the Bad News, Son” by Steve Almond, here.
3) The reviews are in, and they’re good! It’s hard to find a bad review of this book. One reviewer validates what we set out to do in the first place: “Each man’s story sheds light on my own.”
4) How often do you the get the chance to meet and talk to every character in a book? You can friend Jesse Kornluth, and Julio Medina on Facebook. Follow Perry Glasser, Mark St.Amant and Andre Tippett on Twitter. Read in our magazine columns by Keith Ackers, Ric Federico, or Steve Almond talking Toto. Comment on an interview with Christopher Koehler. Take a yoga class with Rolf Gates.
5) It sure beats a hammer or a tie. Have you shopped for a gift for dad your lately? Getting him this book will let him know you think he’s a good man.
6) Not surprisingly, women and girls believe in The Good Men Project, too. Well, sure. Here’s a review from a site for girls: “… with everything from Tiger Woods, to Chris Brown, to the dozens of politicians having affairs, to all the kidnapping stories of young girls, to the kind of men we have experienced in our own lives … sometimes it’s hard for girls to have any kind of faith that there are good boys and men in the world. The Good Men Project is finally a group of men stepping up and saying that they want to be people we can believe in.” Read the full review here.
7) We are creating the change we want to see in the world. You know all those negative stereotypes about men? We’re on a mission to get rid of every single one of them. And help open the doors to a more inclusive, open-minded view of masculinity.
Reason No. 1: That’s a great-looking palm on the front.
You guys are the best! Thank you for having the cajones to be candid about being Real Men, Real Fathers and in other words: REAL HEROES!
I am going to promote your book everywhere I go online.
Love and kisses, Lee Tracy
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It’s risky, using the word ‘good’. But I think it work’s really well here. My brother, father and I are on the edge of setting our second trip together, just the three of us. The set-up, we all fly to a town with a really great steak house and talk about the stuff we never get to deal with in our daily 5-10 minute phone calls. It’s up to me to set the next date. I am definitely going to send them both copies of this book before we go–lest we need more fodder…