Glen W. Olson on Christopher M. Gleason’s *American Poly: A History*

American Poly: A History by Christopher M. Gleason was released in November 2023 by Oxford University Press. American Poly is an honest attempt to explain the cultural shift in relationship patterns we have seen in America, starting in the 1920s and continuing to today. He specifically concentrates on a portion of this change by tracing the development of non-monogamous relationships told through the actions of several prominent people in the polyamory communities. In his acknowledgments, Gleason explains that he was drawn to the subject partially because of his intellectual journey to understand and think critically about religion.(i) This was very Read more