1. HOT OFF THE PRESS!
The Possibility of Dreaming
on a Night Without Stars
Now in eBook! Originally published by Viking/Penguin, this is a new, revised edition for Kindle, iPad/iBook, Kobo, Nook, etc. or to read on an eBook reader on your computer.
One man, a high school teacher, looking for the perfect woman, picks up a crazy old hitchhiker who claims he’s recently seen Marilyn Monroe in a farmhouse in Ohio. Thus sets off a summer-long search that takes Eli down a road of yearning, elation, hopefulness, and ultimately, an almost delirious rush towards self discovery. One review called Michael’s prize-winning first novel “a wise and touching debut,” and another said, “Kaufman can paint a picture with the best of them.”
Read reviews, download free excerpt, or ORDER NOW
To read my blog about the book, click here.
The Guy’s Guide to Feminism
Co-written with Michael Kimmel, this A-Z guide will make you laugh and cry. Well, we promise not to make you do anything, but a book for men about feminism is a long time coming.
To read excerpts, reviews, and for ordering links, visit our website, www.GuysGuideToFeminism.
Or visit our Facebook page: www.GuysGuideToFeminism/Facebook.
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2. NON-FICTION
BOOKS ON MEN & MASCULINITY
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ManTalk: What Every Guy Oughta/Gotta Know About Good Relationships
Indie published. Booklet, 28 pages.
This booklet brings young men into a conversation about what we can do to create good relationships and make sure that dating violence has no place in our lives. It talks about communication, consent, and what guys really think, as opposed to what we often say to each other. Serious yet entertaining, intelligent yet accessible, challenging yet fun. Read more & ordering information.
Cracking the Armour: Power, Pain and the Lives of Men
Viking hardcover, 1993, Penguin paperback,1994
Michael Kaufman’s popular book on the complex factors that shape the lives of men and boys, in particular, the strange combination of power and pain. It looks at the ways we raise boys to be men, men’s sexualities, the riddle of pornography, men’s violence, relations among men, and relations with women. One reviewer said: “This rare book – honest, thoughtful, compassionate – brilliantly exposes the contradictions at the heart of our definition of masculinity….. A revelation.” Read more & free download of full book in PDF
Theorizing Masculinities
Edited by Harry Brod & Michael Kaufman. Sage Publications, 1994
A wide range of original articles by the editors and by R.W. Connell, Michael Kimmel, Scott Coltrane, Don Conway-Long, Jeff Hearn, David Collinson, David Morgan, Mairtin Macan Ghaill, Pierrette Hondagneau-Sotelo, Michael Messner, David Gutterman, Arthur Flannigan-Saint-Aubin.
Available at academic bookstores, Amazon.com, and online directly from Sage Publications.
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Beyond Patriarchy. Essays by Men on Pleasure, Power, and Change
Oxford University Press, 1987
Michael’s first book on men and masculinity collected a number of original articles that looked at a wide range of issues, from the construction of masculinity, to the origins of patriarchy, male sexualities, and men at work, in sports, in film, in advertising, and in literature.
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Hombres: Placer, Poder y Cambio
Santo Domingo: CIPAF, 1989
A Spanish translation of two of Michael’s articles from Beyond Patriarchy with a new introduction.
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3. FICTION
The Possibility of Dreaming
on a Night Without Stars
Viking hardcover 1999, Penguin paperback 2001
One man, a high school teacher, looking for the perfect woman, picks up a crazy old hitchhiker who claims he’s recently seen Marilyn Monroe in a farmhouse in Ohio. Thus sets off a summer-long search that takes Eli down a road of yearning, elation, hopefulness, and ultimately, an almost delirious rush towards self discovery. One review called Michael’s prize-winning first novel “a wise and touching debut,” and another said, “Kaufman can paint a picture with the best of them.” Read more
4. NON-FICTION BOOKS
ON DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Community Power & Grassroots Democracy: The Transformation of Social Life
Edited by Michael Kaufman & Haroldo Dilla, Zed Books and IDRC, 1997
“Popular participation, local democracy and grassroots organizing have become watchwords not only for social movements the world over but even for official development agencies. In refreshing contrast to the tendency to skate over the internal divisions and stratification that characterise all communities, this book asks the hard questions – about the power of central bureaucracies, the lack of local skills and organizational experience, the impact of national and transnational structures, and social divisions.
“Not only does the reader learn an immense amount about the limits as well as potential of community initiatives in the South, but the new social movements approach is skillfully married with resource mobilization theory to develop a more nuanced and inclusive theoretical paradigm. This can help us to understand and advance community-based forms of popular power in all their rich variety as one part of the solution to the development crisis.” To order, direct from publisher: http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/book.asp?bookdetail=3791
Jamaica Under Manley: Dilemmas of Socialism & Democracy
Zed Books (UK), Between the Lines (Canada), Lawrence Hill (US),1985
The 1970s were a turbulent period in Jamaica as the government of Michael Manley set out on a course of radical reform to bring greater social justice through the parliamentary system. This in-depth and critical look at the political, social, and cultural upheavals of that era are set within a deeper analysis of the socio-economic structures of Jamaican society. Professor James Petras said of it, “For all scholars and activists interested in the issues of socialism and democracy, this is a major contribution.” Before his death, Michael Manley himself wrote, “It is well worth reading.”
