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Winning Friends and Influencing People, 75 Years Later
Andrew Ladd tackles an updated self-help classic—now sans sexism and racism—to find out whether its advice still holds water in 2011. Seventy-five years ago, the United States was slogging through an...
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Reading For All Mankind: How Soccer Makes The World a Better Place
If you didn’t watch the Women’s World Cup final last month, you missed out on more than a great match. Andrew Ladd reviews three books that explain how soccer can save society. American men always...
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Reading for All Mankind: How Should Good Men Treat the Planet?
Sometimes living a ‘green’ lifestyle can seem difficult if not impossible. Andrew Ladd reviews three recent books that try to figure out why. The existence of The Good Men Project proves it’s not...
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Reading for All Mankind: Is Gossip a Good Thing?
You’ll never guess what Andrew Ladd said about Joseph Epstein’s Gossip. Ironically, I have very little I want to tell you about Joseph Epstein’s new book, Gossip—except, maybe, that if you don’t care...
View ArticleClarisse Thorn’s New PUA Ebook
Just in time for International Women’s Day, badass feminist and Friend of NSWATM Clarisse Thorn‘s first book, Confessions of a Pickup Artist Chaser, is available on Kindle. I was lucky enough to be...
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When We Walked Above The Clouds
John Tinseth reflects on H. Lee Barnes’ emotionally resonant memoir of life as a Green Beret during the Vietnam War. Originally appeared at The Trad In 1963, H. Lee Barnes was an Army Brat living in...
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The Illuminated Lives of Gay Trans Men
The Good Men Project sits down with Dylan Edwards, graphic novelist, to talk about his book, “Transposes,” which tells the stories of seven gay transgender men. GMP: Has it always been your goal to...
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Book Review of “American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men”
David McConnell explores manhood through a literary lens akin to Capote’s “In Cold Blood.” “I’d like to think I’ve been as precise and informative as a natural history illustrator, though my subject...
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Book Review: How to Find Fulfilling Work
What’s the relationship between your work and your happiness? In How to Find Fulfilling Work, Roman Krznaric has spoon-fed us the ideas we’ve been too busy to seriously think about. We’ve brushed...
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Book Review: How to Change the World
Changing the world is far easier done than said. John-Paul Flintoff’s ideas on how to change the world are now available in book form. Though I’d watched some of his videos I was drawn to how the book...
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Book Review: “Shoes of the Dead” by Kota Neelima
Shoes of the Dead may be set in India, but the problems it addresses are taking place all over the world. “Who cares about dead farmers, Nazar? No one even cares about the ones who are alive.” Shoes...
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Poetry Book Review: Brock Guthrie’s “Contemplative Man”
Poetry Editor Charlie Bondhus reviews Brock Guthrie’s forthcoming debut poetry book Contemplative Man, a “blunt and evocative” offering from Sibling Rivalry Press. — Brock Guthrie’s first book,...
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So Long, See You Tomorrow
Jesse Kornbluth reviews William Maxwell’s book, So Long, See You Tomorrow, and calls it “quietly brilliant”. _____ William Maxwell may be the best American writer you’ve never heard of. He wouldn’t...
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He’s Probably My Favorite Author. His Bestselling Book? The Razor’s Edge
Jesse Kornbluth reviews W. Somerset Maugham’s novel. ________ Sheila Williams, a Butler reader, recently emailed a dart: “You love Maugham but haven’t written about ‘The Razor’s Edge.’ Why not?” I...
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Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
Wabi-sabi isn’t anything new — it dates all the way back to the 12th century. But with the help of Leonard Koren’s book, Jesse Kornbluth demonstrates its uses in the world today. _______ Woodstock...
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Man’s Search for Meaning
Jesse Kornbluth reviews a concentration camp memoir, and leaves with an important message from Viktor Frankl. ______ Hitler had already occupied Austria when Viktor Frankl, a young Viennese...
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Book Review: “I’ve Never Met an Idiot on The River” by Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler’s book reflects on fishing and family. ––– My grandfather, mother and me. Three generations of anglers. My grandfather explained the difference between the words “fishing” and...
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Raise Your Hand if You Pay a ‘Wife Bonus’: Primates of Park Avenue
Jesse Kornbluth interviews the author of a book centering around an unspoken phenomenon of the Upper East Side: a “wife bonus”. _____ If you don’t live in Manhattan, it will seem slightly insane that...
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It’s All Getting Personal
Ken Goldstein had finally made peace with becoming an author. Then he discovered he had to build a platform. — It’s a bit weird, this Author thing. Let me try to explain. For as long as I can...
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The 5 Best Books On Cultivating Healthy Relationships
Jordan Gray says that reading these five books is the fastest possible way you can improve your relationship to yourself and your partner. —– Sometimes I read a book and I’m like, “HOLY JEEBUS I AM...
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