Jesse Kornbluth reviews A Walk in the Woods and realizes that Bill Bryson is a funny, funny man.
Good Reads
Love Before Politics: The Rowan Tree
A young man searches for meaning and purpose in an age of irony. Individual insights and relationships set upon the backdrop of world politics make The Rowan Tree a compelling first novel.
The Pursuit of Loneliness and The Death of Philip Slater
Slater’s classic book changed the way Jesse Kornbluth thought back in 1970, and guides him even now. Here’s why.
The Best LGBT Books of All Time
Real Man Adventures [Book Review]
A testosterone fueled adventure through sex and gender, unlike any you’ve seen before featuring a man battling a shark on the cover.
The Act You’ve Known for All These Years
What do you do if are a father of a daughter who loves to perform? If you’re Stuart Horwitz, you go busking with her.
Roosevelt Gets Shot But Gives His Speech Anyway [Excerpt from Delancey Place]
“I’ll do the best I can, but there is a bullet in my body.”
Delancey Place: Eclectic Excerpts, ‘The Unexpected and the Contrarian’ Delivered by Daily Email.
Since 2005, Richard Vague has been sending out excerpts – one a day, by email, to his subscriber list. Why? As we know, there is much you can learn from a man’s story.
Of Gods and Good Men
Madeline Miller’s novel Song of Achilles won the Orange Prize last year. Her thrilling debut concerns the love of Patroclus and Achilles and illustrates how being a good man is a tale as old as time.
A Benign Man in Bad Times: Dan Vyleta’s The Quiet Twin
Dan Vyleta turns a WWII thriller into a book of extraordinary questions.
‘Life of Pi’: Why Ang Lee’s Movie Upstages Martel’s Novel
Why read the “unfilmable” book when you can watch the insanely beautiful, perfectly filmed movie?
“Finding the Moon in Sugar” Book Review
In an all-American tale, Gint Aras takes a gritty look at change, love, life, and who and what we are.
Challenging Casanova: Beyond the Stereotype of the Promiscuous Young Male [Excerpt]
Andrew Smiler, with some very unconventional wisdom about young men and sexuality.
The Cross in the Closet: A Review
If you are on the fence about the compatibility of your religion and the LGBTQ community, Timothy Kurek’s “The Cross in the Closet” is a worthwhile read.
“Language of Men”: An Excerpt
Anthony D’Aries talks about his father, his parallel flaws, brotherhood, and culture of men in his new book.
“The Clock is Dick-Dick-Dicking”
Merv Kaufman reviews Thomas Mallon’s novel “Watergate.”