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Men's Voices

A Quarterly Journal

So men can find their voices ...
and speak their Truths

Volume 1 #3 (Summer/Fall 1998)
Volume 1 #2 (Spring/Summer 1998)
Volume 1 #1 (Winter 1998)

ISSN: 1520-247X

What is Men's Voices?

MenWeb has launched Men's Voices quarterly journal.
"So men can find their voices and speak their truths ..."
At heart, it is a journal about men's spirit, soul and shadow, men's "inner work" or Men's Work, what has been called "mythopoetic." But it covers an eclectic range of subjects, including gender justice ("men's rights"), therapy, healing, men's health and other issues important to men. (Subscriptions are $20/year-- 4 issues--and help make it possible to continue to offer MenWeb on-line at no charge. How to subscribe - see info at bottom of this page.)

Jeff Hengst,
Mud Man 4

Vol. 1 #3 (Issued Oct. 10, 1998)
Contents:

Male and Masculine: Right Thing, Wrong Level, an Interview with Robert A. Johnson
Men and Depression, an Interview with Terry Real
Seattle M.E.N., M.E.N. Magazine Retrospective
- Evolving Men’s Work, by Bert H. Hoff
- Who Stole Mythopoetry? by Michael Dash
Saving Whales and Saving Males, by Warren Farrell, PhD
The Million Year Mensch, by Jeff Hengst
Wake Up, Your Soul is Calling, by Bruce W. Barth
Perspectives on Clinton/Lewinsky
- Necessary Infidelity, by Jim Dolan
- The C & L “Thing”, by Richard Prosapio
Men: Our Stories
- Bitter Medicine, by Tim Merritt
- About Sox, by Malcolm Davidson
Book Review: Fathering by Will Glennon (Review by Craig Scott Weiss)
Poems
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- Come See! (Eaglecrow)

A.J. Isbister,
Prophesy 5/5/2000

Vol. 1 #2 (Issued July 1, 1998)
Contents:

Intimacy and the Magic of Differences. An Interview with Jim Sniechowski and Judith Sherven, authors of The New Intimacy: Discovering the Magic at the Heart of Your Differences.
Inner Child, Inner Man. An Interview with John Bradshaw
One Man's World: Men Questioning Feminism are Bitter Woman-Haters, column by Bert H. Hoff. NOW and Workplace Homicides of Women, Men "Blaming" Feminism, Implicit Misandry, Breaking Ranks with Feminism: Dangerous to Your Health?, Jonesboro and Montreal: Symbols of Men's Oppression of Women?, Programs for girls in math and science: "equality" or "special privilege" feminism?
Our Sons, Our Schools. Article by Dr. Warren Farrell.
Gone but Not Forgotten: Reflections on Our Ex-Wives. Article by James Dolan.
Integrating Our Shadow. Article by Dmitri Bilgere.
The Beauty of our Suffering. An article by David Shakleton, publisher and editor of Everyman.
The Father I Carry With Me, personal story by Fred Moramarco.
Fathers Day in the Projects, a personal story by Dean Hughson
A Girl and a Harp, a personal story by Peter Berry.
Balancing Heaven and Earth: A Memoir by Robert A. Johnson. Book review by Matt Chamberlain
Healing the Infertile Family Book review by Matt Chamberlain
Guns and Boyhood in America Book Review by Paul Shaner
Our Mothers' Spirits Book Review by Bert H. Hoff
While I Am Not Afraid Book Review by Bert H. Hoff
Poems.
- In the Middle of an Argument, by Timothy Young.
- Martha Washingtons, by T.A. Delcore.
- '55 Buick Back Seat Boy, by David Komisar.

Vol. 1 #1 Contents:

Authenticity, Character and Destiny. An interview with James Hillman, author of the best seller The Soul's Code
Birth, Death and Transformation in the Men's Movement:
- Thoughts on Eldership and Sacredness by Robert Wootton
- A Letter of Resignation by Jim Bracewell
Coyote/Trickster in the Men's Movement:
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sweat Lodge by Robert Jacober
- Thoughts on Accountability in Men’s Work by Don Dietz
- Coyote on Coyote by Richard “Coyote” Prosapio
three articles,
A Space for Men on the Internet?
- Men, Women and “The Net:” Missed Understanding and the Possibility of Reconciliation by Richard “Coyote” Prosapio
- One Man's World: Mythopoetics, “Men’s Rights” and Guys by Bert H. Hoff
"The Way" of Depression by James Dolan
Suriviving and Living by Scott Abraham, about males surviving childhood sexual abuse,
Men: Our Stories:
- Farewell to My Son, by Paul Donnelly
- Stigmatized, by T.A. Delmore
Book reviews, including a special section on Male Menopause and Sex After 50, and
Poems, including first publication of a poem by Thomas R. Smith, author of Horse of Earth and editor of the first U.S. anthology of the work of Canadian landmark poet Alden Nowlan, When He Went to the Store for a Loaf of Bread.
- Affectionate Witness, by Thomas R. Smith.
- The Dark Night of My Home, by Timothy St. John Malone.
- Last Night, by Trevor Garrud.
- One Night, by Trevor Garrud.
- Men's Movemet to Earth, by Bert H. Hoff.

Men's Voices is edited and published by the former editor of M.E.N. Magazine, the publication of Seattle M.E.N., Men's Evolvement Network. During Bert Hoff's editorship, M.E.N. Magazine has had a national as well as regional focus. It gained a reputation among leaders of Men's Work throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Men's Voices, like M.E.N. Magazine under Bert's editorship, has a major focus on men's "inner work."

Men's Voices will continue the tradition of ground-breaking interviews, like the ones M.E.N. Magazine has published with Robert Bly, Sam Keen, Robert Moore, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Marion Woodman, Warren Farrell, Aaron Kipnis and Elizabeth Herron, Dr. Sam Osherson, a number of other nationally-published authors, and men active in Men's Work.

It also features men's stories. A man who saw a friend die. A man in conflict with his father. A man torn by divorce. A man connecting with his son.

Articles have focused on men and grief, domestic violence, gender reconciliation, love and betrayal, recovering from the wounds of child sexual abuse, drumming and the use of Native American traditions, and reports on national men's conferences.

Every issue will have three or four poems. We have published an original poem by Robert Bly. Several of our other poets have also published. Most notably, Thomas R. Smith has edited a series of poems by the late Canadian poet Alden Nowlan and recently had a book of his own poems published.

It will continue to contains reviews of books, audio tapes and videos of interest to men.

While a major focus is on men's "inner work," Men's Voices also publishes articles on Men's Rights issues and pieces from the pro-feminist perspective. Other articles have focused on taking Men's Work into prisons and into the community, men and the Earth, and circumcision.

Want to subscribe? Want to get this good stuff? Want to help make it possible for MenWeb to stay on-line and offer this information to the men (and women) who need it? To subscribe, just send $20 to:

Bert H. Hoff

7552 31st Ave NE

Seattle WA 98115

We also have a new archive series, "timeless articles from our archives." The first volume, already available, features Robert Bly, Robert Moore, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, John Lee and more -- for only $6!

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