Towards a Discussion of Male Self-Hatred
The internal logic of this value system, in other words, is less about protecting my sister than it is about protecting my claim to status within the male hierarchy that is a central part of patriarchy’s infrastructure.
Four by Four #56
Four Things To Read, Four Things To See, Four Things To Listen To, and Four Things About Me
Upcoming Reading: I‘m a Brownstone Poet!
I'll be reading with the poets Indran Amirthanayagam and Hassanal Abdullah on June 27
The Source of War
I would never have been able to articulate it this way back then, but I was struggling with the question of whether and how I could resist the militarization of my imagination.
Domestic Violence Has Been A Thread Running Through My Life
I am sure that every man reading this recognizes the ethic out of which that threat emerges. Not only had I violated another man’s “territory;” I had done so in a way that explicitly questioned his sovereignty within those boundaries.
From Saadi’s Bustan: A Ghūrid Tyrant Reformed by A Courageous Peasant
A Poem from 13th Century Iran
Four by Four #55
Four Things To Read, Four Things To See, Four Things To Listen To, and Four Things About Me
From Saadi’s Bustan: The Selfish Man and the Baghdad Fire
A Weekly Poem from 13th Century Iran
On My Desk Now: Some Tentative Thoughts on Confronting Antisemitism in America
Last week, I attended an anti-antisemitism training workshop in my neighborhood cosponsored by Malkhut and Jews for Racial and
From Saadi’s Bustan: A Noble Man Suffers With The Victims of a Famine
A Weekly Poem from 13th Century Iran
Of Note: May 11, 2026
A weekly roundup of articles about what’s going on in the world that you might not otherwise be reading.
