Burn the Haystack: Decode Dating, Torch the Duds, And Make Room for Men Who Matter. Written by Jennie Young, PhD. William Morrow, a Division of Harper Collins, NY. Copyright 2026. $30.00 (hardcover). Spoiler alert for men – this is not the feel-good book of the year. Eye-opening alert for women – this is the book that can embolden your self-image, save you a massive amount of time, and quite possibly save your life. Jennie Young, PhD, teaches writing and feminist rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. I feel Webster’s second definition of rhetoric applies the best here: “the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion.” Young is also a human being, that like most single human beings gets lonely from time to time, which led her to the online dating apps which subsequently led to her writing extensively about what is wrong…
