Synopses & Reviews
Robert Bly, renowned poet and author of the ground-breaking bestseller Iron John, mingles essay and verse to explore the Shadow -- the dark side of the human personality -- and the importance of confronting it.
About the Author
Robert Bly's recent books of poetry include two books of ghazals, My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy and The Night Abraham Called to the Stars. He has published his selected translations in The Winged Energy of Delight and has received many literary prizes, including the National Book Award. His prose works include The Sibling Society, The Maiden King (with Marion Woodman), and Iron John. His recent work The Insanity of Empire is a collection of poems against the war in Iraq.