The Silence Of Men
"...exposes the violence of men toward men, and men toward women, and the tenderness also, the resounding tenderness. [Newman's] is an unremitting empathy, as uncommon as it is necessary." —Robin Behn
Richard Jeffrey Newman
A poet and essayist, I write about gender and sexuality, Jewish identity and culture, writing and translation. My goal? To make connections that matter. I also help other writers do the same.
Four By Four #25
Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
Four By Four #24
Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
Three Poems Of Mine That Should Never Again Have Become As Relevant As They Are Now
When I first shared these poems with you in June 2022—two from The Silence of Men and one from
Four By Four #23
Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
Four By Four #22
Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
For My Son, A Kind Of Prayer
"With passionate emotional and even spiritual attention, Richard Jeffrey Newman captures the primal love between father and son." —Roger Sedarat, author of Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic
The Teller of Tales: Stories from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
"Newman's excellent translation…open[s] a window on a literary work so embedded in the collective Persian consciousness that it seems a part of the daily life of every Iranian." —Iraj Anvar, translator of Say Nothing: Poems of Jalal al-Din Rumi and Divan-i-Shams-I Tabriz: Forty-eight Ghazals
Four By Four #21
Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
Selections from Saadi's Bustan
"...it is fortunate that Richard Jeffrey Newman has undertaken this fine and engaging translation of Saadi's Bustan for English readers." —John Moyne, author of A Bird in The Garden of Angels: A Life and Times and An Anthology of Rumi
Four By Four #20
Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
Selections from Saadi's Gulistan
“I will write a book to instruct and amuse the people, a gulistan, a rose garden, whose petals will not fall away at the touch of autumn’s wind, and in which it will always be spring, immune to the passing of time.” —Saadi of Shiraz