Award-winning critic Isaac Butler revisits the culture wars of the 1980s and '90s in "The Perfect Moment," out next Tuesday from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social. Here's my review for @bostonglobe.com, with thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for her edits: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/17/a...
This country has always had culture wars, but 1988 was the year everything broke open - The Boston GlobeIn the life of a nation there are watershed years that forever shape its citizens. Consider 1988: an unease percolated as the United States geared up to close out the Reagan presidency just four years...www.bostonglobe.com