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Robert Bly



Robert Bly (1926–2021) was an American poet, activist, and leader of the mythopoetic men’s movement. In addition to his vast collection of poetry and translations, he is well known for his anti-war protest efforts, his theories on the roots of social problems, and his efforts to help men reclaim and channel their masculinity in a positive manner.

Robert Bly
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The Angels Knocking on the Tavern Door: Thirty Poems of Hafez

One of our most acclaimed poets brings the work of the great Persian mystic and poet, Hafez, to a new audience. There is no poet in our tradition who carries the amount of admiration and devotion that the Persians have for Hafez.

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A Gathering of Men, with Robert Bly

Excellent video of poet Robert Bly being interviewed by Bill Moyers in 1990. They discuss what it means to be a man in today's society - the pains of being a man and the things that can be done to heal them.

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Stealing Sugar from the Castle: Selected and New Poems, 1950-2013

Selected from throughout Robert Bly’s monumental body of work from 1950 through the present, Stealing Sugar from the Castle represents the culmination of an astonishing career in American letters. Bly has long been the voice of transcendentalism and meditative mysticism for his generation.

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The Sibling Society: An Impassioned Call for the Rediscovery of Adulthood

Where have all the grownups gone? In answering that question with the same freewheeling erudition and intuitive brilliance that made Iron John a national bestseller, poet, storyteller and translator Robert Bly tells us that we live in a "sibling society, " in which adults have regressed into...

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