Category Archives: masculinity

The Social Scientist Writing About Grief Sees His Dead Brother in the Window

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Kurt Lindemann

The Social Scientist Writing About Grief Sees His Dead Brother in the Window Late at night, when no one’s around, I write in the first person. When I get up in the morning, I discover I’ve changed it to the … Continue reading →

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Funeral

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Kurt Lindemann

My friend’s father shot himself almost a year to the day my own father rotted inside out, his cancer-flooded body a small island, submerged with decay, every day a new piece gone. His hardened face hollowed in like a stainless-steel … Continue reading →

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A Brother’s Loss

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Kurt Lindemann

My latest piece in this project wasn’t published in an academic journal. It was published in Rebel Magazine, a men’s issue magazine with a circulation over half a million (a big shift in readership and demographics). The story starts on … Continue reading →

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Tales of an Amateur Magician

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Kurt Lindemann

I’ve always loved magic. I don’t study it from a scholarly perspective, like some of my colleagues. But I’ve always liked the idea that the seemingly impossible is, in fact, possible, or at least seems to be. I’ve drawn on … Continue reading →

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