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# For My Son, A Kind Of Prayer
- URL: https://www.richardjnewman.com/books/for-my-son-a-kind-of-prayer/
- Published: 2024-07-15T13:33:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-14T17:05:30.000Z
- Description: "With passionate emotional and even spiritual attention, Richard Jeffrey Newman captures the primal love between father and son." —Roger Sedarat, author of Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic
- Author: Richard Jeffrey Newman
- Tags: Books

**For My Son, A Kind of Prayer** gathers into a meditation on family and fatherhood poems poems *Words For What Those Men Have Done.* The book makes a lovely gift for the men in your life, all of whom are sons, and perhaps especially for a man who is a father, or who is contemplating fatherhood. I encourage you to buy *For My Son, A Kind Of Prayer* directly from the publisher, [Ghostbird Press](https://www.lulu.com/shop/richard-jeffrey-newman/for-my-son-a-kind-of-prayer/paperback/product-1z4e7g2y.html?page=1&pageSize=4&ref=richardjnewman.com), because it's important to support small presses. If you would like a signed copy, contact me [directly](https://www.richardjnewman.com/contact/).

- **Buy from the publisher,** [**Ghostbird Press**](https://www.lulu.com/shop/richard-jeffrey-newman/for-my-son-a-kind-of-prayer/paperback/product-1z4e7g2y.html?page=1&pageSize=4&ref=richardjnewman.com)**.**
- **Buy a signed copy** [**directly from me**](https://www.richardjnewman.com/contact/)**.**

### Praise

#### "From bearing witness to the fragility of childhood to aching meditations on the complexities of love, Richard Jeffrey Newman's poems pierce the heart with the accuracy of a master Zen archer. The tender voice of a loving father sings in the same chorus as the poet crying out for the voiceless. This collection invites both an interior journey to self-awareness and a fervent call to stand for justice."

****Rob Okun, founding editor, Voice Male Magazine**

#### "\[This\] soulful volume of poems embodies a kind of precision that I have come to know and admire in Richard Jeffrey Newman's work. His unflinching exploration of the family dynamic, gender, sex, and sexual violence are honest, authentic, and comes from a place of healing. The poems, coupled with these delicate drawings, wrap us in a 'long brightness.'" 

****January Gill O'Neill, author of Misery Islands and Underlife**