Ross Barkan
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Podcast Appearances
Into the beginning of the 2010s, Chad Harbach with The Art of Fielding. And then there was a shift. The young male author started to disappear. The male author under the age of 40 in particular and under 30 even more so. And
While my essay does not grapple with race to any great degree at all, certainly the elephant in the room is that there were once a lot of young white male authors, and now there aren't. There's less of them. If you look at the prestigious, successful contemporary novelists under the age of 40, they're mostly women. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing.
While my essay does not grapple with race to any great degree at all, certainly the elephant in the room is that there were once a lot of young white male authors, and now there aren't. There's less of them. If you look at the prestigious, successful contemporary novelists under the age of 40, they're mostly women. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing.
While my essay does not grapple with race to any great degree at all, certainly the elephant in the room is that there were once a lot of young white male authors, and now there aren't. There's less of them. If you look at the prestigious, successful contemporary novelists under the age of 40, they're mostly women. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing.
I'm just pointing out a fact, whether it's Sally Rooney, Emma Klein.
I'm just pointing out a fact, whether it's Sally Rooney, Emma Klein.
I'm just pointing out a fact, whether it's Sally Rooney, Emma Klein.
those are the writers who are at the top of this particular literary space. And that was not true from most of the 20th century into the beginning of the 21st century.
those are the writers who are at the top of this particular literary space. And that was not true from most of the 20th century into the beginning of the 21st century.
those are the writers who are at the top of this particular literary space. And that was not true from most of the 20th century into the beginning of the 21st century.
I think so. Yeah. I think there's less of me, for sure. I mean, there would be an era where there were a lot of novelists like myself, Jewish. I mean, Jewish or not Jewish, but certainly white men.
I think so. Yeah. I think there's less of me, for sure. I mean, there would be an era where there were a lot of novelists like myself, Jewish. I mean, Jewish or not Jewish, but certainly white men.
I think so. Yeah. I think there's less of me, for sure. I mean, there would be an era where there were a lot of novelists like myself, Jewish. I mean, Jewish or not Jewish, but certainly white men.