Being modern and manly in today's world isn't always easy. Do you know how to tie a bow-tie, mix a martini, or make a potato gun? Do you know when to get married and how to break up, or the difference between a bock beer and a bitter? Do you know which urinal to choose or how to start a fire with a Coke can? The answers to every man's burning questions are within these pages, from the morning wet shave to the whiskey night-cap, from hunting deer with a .30-06 to wooing women like 007. At a time when the sexes are muddled and masculinity is marginalized, The Man's Book unabashedly celebrates maleness. Organized by subject in a man-logical way, it's the go-to guide for anyone with a Y chromosome.

The Man's Book: The Essential Guide for the Modern Man

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Fink, Thomas

Etiquette

Little. Brown and Company

Until 1900 there was only one. In the 1930s, Edward, the Prince of Wales, became the unwitting embodiment of two more, even though he in fact wore neither. It was not until 1989 that a fourth became popular. Throughout the 150-year his-tory of the modern tie, only four tie knots have been recognized. That is, until now. In this history of and guide to tie wearing, Thomas Fink and Yong Mao trace the peculiar evolution of the knotted neckcloth from the seventeenth century to its modern form. These two Cambridge physicists applied a model more often used to describe atomic motion to the twists and turns of this central item of men's dress. They discovered eighty-five ways to tie a tie, thirteen of which survived their aesthetic test, and earned their recommendation. The result is a rich blend of history, science, fashion, and practicality that will become the must-have accessory for all well-dressed men. Wonderfully illustrated and wittily written, this little classic of sartorial elegance will charm and inform in equal measure.

The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie: The Science and Aesthetics of Tie Knots

Mao, Yong

Broadway

Book by Allan, Tuzyline Jita, Fink, Thomas

Literature Around the Globe

Literature & Fiction

Allan, Tuzyline Jita

World Literature

Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co.

Poetry. "Reading Thomas Fink's GOSSIP leaves you giddy and satiated, just like a good `dirt' session should! Fink collages fractured dialogue, political farce, pop song lyrics, and tabloid tidbits to make his deliberate music and `tactful oomph.' The poems utilizing the crazy and gorgeous `found speech' of a child are pure delight, elevating chitchat to new poetic heights. I, for one, can confirm this rumor: Fink's GOSSIP is one amazing read"-Denise Duhamel.

Gossip: A Book of Poems

Poetry

Marsh Hawk Press

Poetry. "After taxes, when most of us feel fleeced, Thomas Fink opens his secret accounts. The wealth of his world is acoustic, and endless, and available to all. By turns observant and inventive, these poems find the parts of our lives beyond all tithes, turning our obligations and debts into freedom and abundance. No one listens like this poet does, or so shows us the hidden worth of our words"-Joseph Donahue.

After Taxes

Poetry. Teeming with the fragments of ancestors' whispers and mistranslated ad lingo, these poems are intricate and wildly disjunctive. We may be stuck in a world where "Casinos are in every cortex," but that doesn't mean that there isn't also room for "aspiring Democracy" to burst forth.

Clarity and Other Poems

Poetry. Beginning with "Generic Whistle Stop," a long poem that rings myriad changes on political rhetoric, PEACE CONFERENCE goes on to extend such poetic series from prior books as the linguistically hybrid "Yinglish Strophes," the rocking/rolling "Dented Reprise," and "Nonce Sonnet." Thomas Fink's seventh collection also initiates two new series, "Goad" and "Dusk Bowl Intimacies," which, in different ways, force bits of individual psyche to butt heads with the social. The curvilinear twists and torques of many of these poems enable visual and verbal gestures to swing together and apart.

Peace Conference

Poetry. "Fink collages fractured dialogue, political farce, pop song lyrics, and tabloid tidbits to make his deliberate music and 'tactful oomph.'"&mdash;Denise Duhamel "If you want plain speech, go to the groves of academe...But if you want plain speech that dances like fleas on a hot griddle, you've come to the right place...Everyone in our family, whatever that is, is a martian; now we need to listen to what they are saying. Tom Fink does that and more."&mdash;John Yau "PEACE CONFERENCE (Marsh Hawk Press, 2011) is a remarkable collection of poems which encourages one to read, reread, and finally participate in the construction of a poetic space that liberates as much as it channels emotional flow."&mdash;Susan Smith Nash "My admiration of Tom Fink's poetry is enormous.. The 'Dusk Bowl Intimacies' represent a triumph in contemporary poetry."&mdash;Sheila E. Murphy

Selected Poems & Poetic Series

Poetry. "In A PAGEANT FOR EVERY ADDICTION, Fink and Mason give us poetry that goes to the brink, peering off the cliff, before they pull one another back to safety. These poems--about death and dying, inheritance (monetarily and otherwise), and family--put the 'Pan' in deadpan. A PAGEANT FOR EVERY ADDICTION is as magical and mysterious as the Greek god of nature or the moon of Saturn."--Denise Duhamel

A Pageant for Every Addiction

Mason, Maya D.

"Zeugma is a governing trope of this book of poetry, as well as a device. Zeugmas occur in specific places in the work; but also, the book considered as a whole is a kind of zeugma. Throughout, disparate things are yoked, often by sound similarities or wordplays, forcing the reader to shift abruptly from one meaning to another, and ultimately to a place which includes both senses, but doesnt (cant) ever settle on only one. This to me is one important means by which the book captures the fragmented, unstable and confusing contemporary scene. As is also characteristic of this book, a device by which the bizarre and disturbing reality of our moment is evoked gives pleasure"--

Zeugma

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