Ross Barkan

And I think any time literature only focuses on one thing, if it neglects the working class, if it neglects the black experience, neglects the Asian experience. We've seen a lot of great work being done to account for perspectives that were left out of literature for a long time. But I also think it's important to know for better and for worse what the men of the 2020s are up to.

Yeah, no, I'm sympathetic for sure. I think that's an honest argument. The problem is you'll hear from people who say this isn't happening, and I find that very tiring. I think the honest thing to say is that it's time to rebalance the scales or turn the tables. But look, there are winners and losers, right? Women were losing. Now men are losing.

Yeah, no, I'm sympathetic for sure. I think that's an honest argument. The problem is you'll hear from people who say this isn't happening, and I find that very tiring. I think the honest thing to say is that it's time to rebalance the scales or turn the tables. But look, there are winners and losers, right? Women were losing. Now men are losing.

Yeah, no, I'm sympathetic for sure. I think that's an honest argument. The problem is you'll hear from people who say this isn't happening, and I find that very tiring. I think the honest thing to say is that it's time to rebalance the scales or turn the tables. But look, there are winners and losers, right? Women were losing. Now men are losing.

But I will say there's no solace offered to the 26-year-old male who must pay for the sins of the past, right? The reality is... You know, you live one life. You've got one shot for success, for glory, for all those things, or any appreciation, right? If you are...

But I will say there's no solace offered to the 26-year-old male who must pay for the sins of the past, right? The reality is... You know, you live one life. You've got one shot for success, for glory, for all those things, or any appreciation, right? If you are...

But I will say there's no solace offered to the 26-year-old male who must pay for the sins of the past, right? The reality is... You know, you live one life. You've got one shot for success, for glory, for all those things, or any appreciation, right? If you are...

blocked from that in some way due to some rebalancing of the scales and you are the loser at the end of that equation, you're not going to be happy. The young male writer can't sit at home and think, well, golly, it was good Norman Mailer and John Updike had such a great run. I'm happy for them. I never met these men. They died before I was born. There's only so much you can do with that, right?

blocked from that in some way due to some rebalancing of the scales and you are the loser at the end of that equation, you're not going to be happy. The young male writer can't sit at home and think, well, golly, it was good Norman Mailer and John Updike had such a great run. I'm happy for them. I never met these men. They died before I was born. There's only so much you can do with that, right?

blocked from that in some way due to some rebalancing of the scales and you are the loser at the end of that equation, you're not going to be happy. The young male writer can't sit at home and think, well, golly, it was good Norman Mailer and John Updike had such a great run. I'm happy for them. I never met these men. They died before I was born. There's only so much you can do with that, right?

Only so much comfort you can take in... the prizes Saul Bellow won and Philip Roth won. It's a difficult thing, right? What do you say to the person that they're sitting on the sidelines because of something that their grandparents did?

Only so much comfort you can take in... the prizes Saul Bellow won and Philip Roth won. It's a difficult thing, right? What do you say to the person that they're sitting on the sidelines because of something that their grandparents did?

Only so much comfort you can take in... the prizes Saul Bellow won and Philip Roth won. It's a difficult thing, right? What do you say to the person that they're sitting on the sidelines because of something that their grandparents did?