Noel King

And so what you're saying actually really does track to me. The question I wonder about is... the why. And let me ask you first to answer the why from your personal perspective. You're a novelist. You're 35 years old. You're a straight white guy. Do you feel like those identities are holding you back in some way?

And so what you're saying actually really does track to me. The question I wonder about is... the why. And let me ask you first to answer the why from your personal perspective. You're a novelist. You're 35 years old. You're a straight white guy. Do you feel like those identities are holding you back in some way?

And so what you're saying actually really does track to me. The question I wonder about is... the why. And let me ask you first to answer the why from your personal perspective. You're a novelist. You're 35 years old. You're a straight white guy. Do you feel like those identities are holding you back in some way?

So some of it is internal. Maybe there are fewer men who want to be great novelists, but maybe publishers are saying, hey, we're just less interested in the perspectives of straight white men. When you approach publishers with your novel Glass Sentry, Did you hear that?

So some of it is internal. Maybe there are fewer men who want to be great novelists, but maybe publishers are saying, hey, we're just less interested in the perspectives of straight white men. When you approach publishers with your novel Glass Sentry, Did you hear that?

So some of it is internal. Maybe there are fewer men who want to be great novelists, but maybe publishers are saying, hey, we're just less interested in the perspectives of straight white men. When you approach publishers with your novel Glass Sentry, Did you hear that?

What do you hear behind the scenes?

What do you hear behind the scenes?

What do you hear behind the scenes?

What do you think we lose when we lose the perspective of those young white men?

What do you think we lose when we lose the perspective of those young white men?

What do you think we lose when we lose the perspective of those young white men?

But I did actually see that in one book in the last year, Rejection by Tony Tulinthamudi. There were characters who were highly online. The most acclaimed story was about an incel. That book was incredibly powerful. And it got praise, right? It did get the cycle. What do you think about that?

But I did actually see that in one book in the last year, Rejection by Tony Tulinthamudi. There were characters who were highly online. The most acclaimed story was about an incel. That book was incredibly powerful. And it got praise, right? It did get the cycle. What do you think about that?

But I did actually see that in one book in the last year, Rejection by Tony Tulinthamudi. There were characters who were highly online. The most acclaimed story was about an incel. That book was incredibly powerful. And it got praise, right? It did get the cycle. What do you think about that?

Earlier in the show, we heard from an economist, Professor Joel Waldfogel, that if you look at the stats going back to, you know, the year 1800, women back then are made up about 5% of published authors. It's 10% through about the 1900s. And then in 2015, women surpass men. More women are publishing books than men, although both genders are still publishing a lot of books, it should be said.

Earlier in the show, we heard from an economist, Professor Joel Waldfogel, that if you look at the stats going back to, you know, the year 1800, women back then are made up about 5% of published authors. It's 10% through about the 1900s. And then in 2015, women surpass men. More women are publishing books than men, although both genders are still publishing a lot of books, it should be said.

Earlier in the show, we heard from an economist, Professor Joel Waldfogel, that if you look at the stats going back to, you know, the year 1800, women back then are made up about 5% of published authors. It's 10% through about the 1900s. And then in 2015, women surpass men. More women are publishing books than men, although both genders are still publishing a lot of books, it should be said.

Are you at all sympathetic to the argument that you guys had your turn for centuries, the attention, the prizes, the accolades, and now doors have been opened to women and they're putting out really good stuff. So we're just leveling the playing field out.

Are you at all sympathetic to the argument that you guys had your turn for centuries, the attention, the prizes, the accolades, and now doors have been opened to women and they're putting out really good stuff. So we're just leveling the playing field out.