By The Art of Manliness
Published February 18, 2025 5:00am
The idea for the Art of Manliness came to me 17 years ago as I was standing in the magazine section of a Borders bookstore. As inspiration struck, I took my Moleskine out of my pocket and jotted down some notes, like potential names — I considered things like “The Manly Arts” before settling on “The Art of Manliness” — categories of content, and initial article ideas. Almost two decades later, the fruits of those notebook jottings are still bearing out.
That’s the power of a pocket pad’s possibilities, something Roland Allen explores in The Notebook: A History of Thinking on P...