Title: I am sorry to think I have raised a timid son /
Authors: Russell, Kent
Year: 2015
Subjects: Russell, Kent; Fathers and sons; Masculinity; Men Psychology; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General.; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
Abstract: "Kent Russell's essays take us to society's ragged edges, the junctures between savagery and civilization, where solitary, philosophical, troubled men yearn for a more heightened form of existence. We meet a self-immunizer in small-town Wisconsin who has conditioned his body to withstand the bites of the most venomous snakes; NHL enforcers who build their careers on violence and intimidation; a former mogul who has retreated to a crocodile-infested island off the Australian coast; the fans at a three-day music festival ominously called The Gathering; Amish baseball players who push the limits of their cultural restraints; and ... Russell's own oddball, inimitable forebears"--
Contents: Ryan went to Afghanistan -- American juggalo -- Mithradates of Fond Du Lac -- Showing up -- Say good morning to the adversary -- Artisanal ball -- Island man -- Let's get this tub of shit up to speed.