The Silence of Men
Richard Newman
(Author)
Yusef Komunyakaa
(Foreword by)
Description
The Silence of Men confronts and breaks the silence in men's lives surrounding sex, family, power and violence; graphic and intimate, celebratory and heartbreakingly painful, these are the poems of a survivor for whom writing, because it breaks that silence, has been a primary means of survival.Product Details
Price
$16.00
Publisher
CavanKerry Press
Publish Date
June 30, 2006
Pages
124
Dimensions
6.1 X 9.32 X 0.47 inches | 0.48 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780972304580
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About the Author
RICHARD JEFFREY NEWMAN, an associate professor at Nassau Community College, New York, is an essayist, poet and translator who has been publishing his work since 1988, when the essay "His Sexuality; Her Reproductive Rights" appeared in Changing Men magazine. Since then, his essays, poems, and translations have appeared in a wide range of journals, among them Prairie Schooner and Birmingham Poetry Review. He has given talks and led workshops on writing autobiographically about gender, sex, and sexuality. His translation of selections from Saadi's Gulistan, a thirteenth-century masterpiece, was published by Global Scholarly Publications. The Silence of Men is the first book of his own poetry to be published.
