👋 Sam here! I'll be at Mac's Backs in Cleveland Heights this evening chatting with Jordan Ritter Conn about his new book, "American Men."
State of play: The book is a portrait of four men and how they construct their relationship to masculinity over time.
A preacher's son who suffered childhood abuse; a 6-foot-6 heartthrob and West Point baseball star; a gay Native American man who navigates his sexuality on and off the reservation; and a trans man from Youngstown.
Flashback: I met Jordan when he visited Cleveland for the RNC as a staff writer for The Ringer, and I've always admired his narrative journalism.
I plan to ask about his extensive reporting for the book and his thoughts on contemporary topics in masculinity — the manosphere, perhaps? — but welcome your ideas as well.
