Grateful for this thread–thank you for the insight.
I want to read and write about contemporary masculinity, in relation to several broad themes: the search for meaning, fatherhood, mortality, friendship, duty, growth and redemption. I’m looking for books that knock me flat. My basic outlook draws from Camus: life is absurd, the deck is stacked, yet one can and should meet it with nobility and creativity. As such, there is a space for humor as a palliative. Perhaps an example is David Benioff’s “City of Thieves.”
I want to write from my own experience, and thus value books that help me understand that experience. To that end, while I sincerely respect other authors, I am particularly interested in authors that reflect my background: white southern, and Japanese. That said, greatness is greatness–I’m grateful for suggestions outside those lines. I’m trying to understand and reflect what an open and strong contemporary masculinity is, which transcends the “stiff upper lip” I/we were taught while still incorporating its strength and sense of duty.
Thank you for your guidance and insight–sincerely valuable here.
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