I Wish He’d taught Me How to Shave is the culmination of Dr. Dave Landers’ many years work as a teacher and counselor of young men and women. The book is a compilation of Landers’ reflections and students’ essays from his course in gender studies, Men and Masculinities, at Vermont’s Saint Michael’s College. As part of that course, Landers has had all of his students write an essay, “How My Father Influenced My View of What A Man Is.” Chapters include essays and stories of fathers and tears, distant fathers, fathers of LGBTQ kids, fathers and alcohol, the Man of the House, wonderful fathers and fathers like no other. These essays and Landers’ reflections demonstrate and share the power of a father’s influence on his children’s lives.