Author Archives: Richard Jeffrey Newman

Reading Journal: Verses of Forgiveness, by Myriam Aantaki — 2

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I continue to be fascinated with this book—part 1 of this reading journal is here—and with the effort Ahmed (the narrator) makes, even while he is planning a suicide attack against Israel, to imagine his Jewish father’s life. The author, Myriam Antaki, … Continue reading →

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My Reading at the 2015 International Conference on Masculinities

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

ETA: There were some problems with the original version of the video. This one should be better. As well, the text of the poems, which contain explicit descriptions of sex and sexual violence, appear below the fold. On March 5th of … Continue reading →

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Being a Survivor of Sexual Violence is a Way of Knowing The World

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

In a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I talked about how and when I choose to reveal to my classes the fact that I am a survivor of sexual violence. I have not written much, however, about how people … Continue reading →

Posted in Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 5 Comments

From Guernica: “The Teaching Class,” by Rachel Riederer

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

This is a really interesting and thought-provoking essay that I think anyone concerned about the state of higher education should read. Riederer makes a complex argument. Here are some excerpts: The rise of adjunct labor in universities is also a student … Continue reading →

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Reading Journal: Verses of Forgiveness, by Myriam Antaki – 1

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I started a new novel not too long ago, Verses of Forgiveness, by Myriam Antaki and translated from the French by Marjolin de Jager. Antaki is a Syrian novelist who writes in French. Verses of Forgiveness, which is narrated in a lyrical, dream-like … Continue reading →

Posted in Jews and Judaism, Palestine & Israel | 6 Comments

The Politics of Being a Man Who Survived Childhood Sexual Violence 2

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

(You can read Part 1 here.) I have been remiss in not telling you about a book in which two of my poems have been published, Voice Male: The Untold Story of the Profeminist Men’s Movement. Both poems are from my … Continue reading →

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Revising for Trans Inclusive Language

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

At some point in the past, in a comment thread where we were discussing what I was then calling “routine infant male circumcision” in the United States, Grace pointed out to me that phrases like “the routine medical circumcision of infant … Continue reading →

Posted in Transsexual and Transgender related issues, Writing | 15 Comments

The International Conference on Masculinities, March 5-8

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

https://animoto.com/play/ep5O0rMnblOibIpde4jR7g If you care about men’s issue and gender equality, and you’re the conference-going type, this is one you should check out. A collaborative effort between the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities (headed by Michael Kimmel), the … Continue reading →

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“You’re a Man. Why Are You Teaching Women’s Studies?”

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

For me, the most difficult part of refusing to be silent about the fact that I am a survivor of childhood sexual violence has been figuring out when and under what circumstances to reveal it to my students at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Feminism, sexism, etc, Men and masculinity, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Writing | 2 Comments

Two Opportunities for Writers I Thought Worth Publicizing Here

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I subscribe to the Creative Writing Opportunities List. It’s a Yahoo group called CRWROPPS-B. These two opportunities showed up in my inbox today that I thought would be worth letting people here know about. Since they do not concern the kind of writing I … Continue reading →

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