Noel King

If the number of women publishing books is growing, does that necessarily mean the number of men publishing books is shrinking?

If the number of women publishing books is growing, does that necessarily mean the number of men publishing books is shrinking?

We were inspired to do this episode because we read about a new publisher, Conduit Books, and the man who created Conduit says that He wants to publish literary fiction and memoirs written by men, especially men under 35, because he believes they are not getting published enough. When you look at the data and when you look at the industry, is this a demographic that is being underserved?

We were inspired to do this episode because we read about a new publisher, Conduit Books, and the man who created Conduit says that He wants to publish literary fiction and memoirs written by men, especially men under 35, because he believes they are not getting published enough. When you look at the data and when you look at the industry, is this a demographic that is being underserved?

We were inspired to do this episode because we read about a new publisher, Conduit Books, and the man who created Conduit says that He wants to publish literary fiction and memoirs written by men, especially men under 35, because he believes they are not getting published enough. When you look at the data and when you look at the industry, is this a demographic that is being underserved?

Joel Waldfogel of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Business sees a win-win, but coming up, it wouldn't be high-end literature without the sad young literary men. What do they think?

Joel Waldfogel of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Business sees a win-win, but coming up, it wouldn't be high-end literature without the sad young literary men. What do they think?

Joel Waldfogel of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Business sees a win-win, but coming up, it wouldn't be high-end literature without the sad young literary men. What do they think?

I'm Noelle King with Ross Barkin, writer, journalist, columnist, essayist, novelist. Ross wrote an essay called From Misogyny to No Man's Land, The Vanishing Male in Contemporary Literature.

I'm Noelle King with Ross Barkin, writer, journalist, columnist, essayist, novelist. Ross wrote an essay called From Misogyny to No Man's Land, The Vanishing Male in Contemporary Literature.

I'm Noelle King with Ross Barkin, writer, journalist, columnist, essayist, novelist. Ross wrote an essay called From Misogyny to No Man's Land, The Vanishing Male in Contemporary Literature.

You're 35. Okay. You're a white man?

You're 35. Okay. You're a white man?

You're 35. Okay. You're a white man?

Yeah? Okay. I wonder about the kind of driving force for this essay and whether you are the vanishing male writer of what you wrote.

Yeah? Okay. I wonder about the kind of driving force for this essay and whether you are the vanishing male writer of what you wrote.

Yeah? Okay. I wonder about the kind of driving force for this essay and whether you are the vanishing male writer of what you wrote.

I'm inclined to find your argument very compelling. I was a teenager in the 90s, a young adult in the 2000s. That's when you read a lot of fiction, right? And I do remember David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Safran Ford, Jonathan Franzen.

I'm inclined to find your argument very compelling. I was a teenager in the 90s, a young adult in the 2000s. That's when you read a lot of fiction, right? And I do remember David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Safran Ford, Jonathan Franzen.

I'm inclined to find your argument very compelling. I was a teenager in the 90s, a young adult in the 2000s. That's when you read a lot of fiction, right? And I do remember David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Safran Ford, Jonathan Franzen.