Bly is the paterfamilias of the movement by men to reclaim their role in family and society as fathers, husbands, friends, lovers, leaders of ritual, and more. He is a poet, translator, editor and author of Iron John: A Book About Men, The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart (with James Hillman and Michael Meade), and a new book of poetry, Meditations on the Insatiable.