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What Is Wrong with Men by Jessa Crispin

Exceptional cultural criticism that convincingly and insightfully mines the seemingly disposable popular commercial ’80s to early ’00s films of Michael Douglas to expose the political, cultural, and sociological currents thrumming beneath the surface (or, at times, on the surface) of the texts and roiling through America. A terrific and fun read, while also being exemplary of the form for cultural criticism written for a general audience.

What Is Wrong with Men by Jessa Crispin, (List Price: $27, Pantheon, 9780593317624, June 2025)

Reviewed by Matt Nixon, A Cappella Books in Atlanta, Georgia

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Sandwich by Catherine Newman

In some light, this a sandy-toed frolic of a family’s week at the beach; in others, it’s a turbulent accounting of the family’s lifetime of joys and sorrows. Anyone with a family beach tradition will relate. Actually, anyone with a family will relate. Newman deftly sandwiches comedy and tragedy between the sweet pastels of the book’s summery covers. A deceptively powerful book!

Sandwich by Catherine Newman, (List Price: $26.99, Harper, 9780063345164, June 2024)

Reviewed by Frank Reiss, A Cappella Books in Atlanta, Georgia

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