Robert W. Bly, Author . HarperCollins $23 (112p) ISBN 978-0-06-018881-8
When Iron John: A Book About Men
took off in the early '90s, Bly's poetic reputation was instantly eclipsed, though he had long embraced mythic precedents and close examination of masculine feelings in his work. Bly has also worked in...
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Robert W. Bly, Author Addison Wesley Longman $19.95 (268p) ISBN 978-0-201-51720-0
Today's sensitized male may be in touch with his ``feminine'' side, but, writes poet Bly, this ``soft male'' possesses little vitality and is hobbled by grief and anguish. To achieve real masculinity, Bly argues, men must cultivate a fierce...
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Robert W. Bly, Author BOA Editions $7 (21p) ISBN 978-1-880238-01-1
While Bly's ( Iron John ) prose writing has been championed for its timely translation of male archetypes into contemporary role models, the imagery that has always been the core of his poems has changed little over the past 30 years. A poem in this
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Robert W. Bly, Author Vintage Books USA $13 (288p) ISBN 978-0-679-73119-1
Bly redefines masculinity in a groundbreaking book that went...
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Robert W. Bly, Author HarperCollins Publishers $25 (270p) ISBN 978-0-06-017562-7
Heeded in the '60s as the head apostle of the ""Deep Image"" school of poets; known for ""read-ins"" against the Vietnam War; and heralded again recently as the author of the men's movement guide Iron John, Bly has been famous several times over....
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Robert W. Bly, Author HarperCollins Publishers $22.5 (341p) ISBN 978-0-06-016265-8
The overriding question posed in poet Bly's ( Selected Poems ) collection of essays is, ``Where do we go to find poetry that flies?'' The book reflects 30 years of musing on the answers, with specific reference to contemporary American poetry (though
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Robert W. Bly, Author Da Capo Press $25 (336p) ISBN 978-0-201-40646-7
When Bly's Iron John shot onto the bestseller lists in the early '90s, it looked as if the men's movement it helped spawn might become a cultural force equal to the women's movement. This hasn't happened, Bly intimates in his new book, because the...
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Robert W. Bly, Author, Marion Woodman, Author, Marion Woodman, Joint Author Henry Holt & Company $25 (304p) ISBN 978-0-8050-5777-5
The authors base their book on a hugely intriguing Russian tale of similar name, ""The Maiden Tsar,"" which they read from a mythological perspective that seeks to ""reunite the masculine and feminine"" principles. Principles because, as Bly points...
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