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The Silence of Men Paperback – May 30, 2006
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- Print length124 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherCavanKerry Press
- Publication dateMay 30, 2006
- Dimensions6 x 0.4 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-100972304584
- ISBN-13978-0972304580
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- Publisher : CavanKerry Press; First Edition (May 30, 2006)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 124 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0972304584
- ISBN-13 : 978-0972304580
- Item Weight : 1.47 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.4 x 9.25 inches
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As a poet and essayist, Richard Jeffrey Newman’s work explores the impact of feminism on his life as a man. As a co-translator of classical Persian poetry, he writes about the impact of that canon on our contemporary lives. He has published two books of poetry, Words for What Those Men Have Done (Guernica Editions 2017) and The Silence of Men (CavanKerry Press 2006). He has also published a chapbook of poetry, For My Son, A Kind of Prayer (Ghostbird Press 2016), as well as three books of translation from classical Persian poetry, most recently The Teller of Tales: Stories from Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (Junction Press 2011). Newman is on the executive board of Newtown Literary, a Queens, NY-based literary non-profit and curates the First Tuesdays reading series in Jackson Heights, NY. He is Professor of English at Nassau Community College in Garden City, NY, where he also serves as secretary of his faculty union, The Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers (NCCFT). His website is www.richardjnewman.com.
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The author's persona comes across throughout as one that is willing to live deeply and fully, actively riding and owning the waves of circumstance, reaching for meaning from them. People are very much alive to him--this is not the voice of a solipsist. We see all this in long poems such as "Poem from the Barnes and Noble Cafe" and "Coitus Interruptus" as well as in his intriguing imaginative "story" poems.
The speaker is consistently one who feels the pain of today's violent world, and who views sex as a rich, reflective dialogue that leads to increased humanity. He avoids conventional masculine metaphors for sexuality, instead portraying himself as a tree, as earth. His is also a voice capable of beautiful longing ("Because"), and of a polyamorous acceptance ("Here").
What is not just innovative but admirable about the narrative voice is his relentless determination to face the consequences of his actions, like in "Bill's Story," or to come to terms with his dad's abandoning of him, without regret or recrimination, only melancholy ("After the Funeral"). Ultimately, Newman presents himself as part of a deeply human(e) fellowship of "complex beings / we believe ourselves to be: the people / we need always to come back to" ("The Speed and Weight of Justice").
Richard Jeffrey Newman's work is exceptional. Readers won't have to scratch their heads and guess at his meanings. He expresses human emotions in ways profound, powerful, and poignant. In The Silence of Men, he tries "to give the dream a shape this page will hold." How he gives life to those words taking shape on the page is an enlightening journey.
This book of poetry for mature readers is highly recommended.


