{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/655ce147a2b4520012ffdbe8/69248072ac4db2b031b732d3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Everything In Conversation: Where Are All The Male Authors?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/655ce147a2b4520012ffdbe8/1763999150609-f59073d7-b997-40a4-8923-699d175c2134.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Hello EICritical Thinkers &amp; happy humping day (or whatever the saying is).</p><p><br></p><p>This week we're discussing the apparent mass-vanishing act of male authors, after <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/14/the-guardian-view-on-the-booker-prize-winner-putting-masculinity-back-at-the-centre-of-literary-fiction\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a piece for The Guardian</a> suggested that David Szalay's Booker win has \"put masculinity back at the centre of literary fiction.\" Oh! Ok!</p><p><br></p><p>In a <a href=\"Vogue - It's Time To Put The &quot;Where Are All The Male Novelists&quot; Debate To Bed \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">rebuttal for Vogue</a>, author and friend of the podcast Eliza Clarke argues that it’s time to put this debate to bed. She writes: “Male writers still continue to dominate literary awards. They make up a large portion of our bestsellers, all the while continuing to be viewed as more worthy and deserving of critical plaudits. <a href=\"https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/bernadine-evaristo-gossip-viewpoint\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bernadine Evaristo</a> remains the only Black woman to have won a Booker Prize, ever, and she had to share that win with Margaret Atwood.”</p><p><br></p><p>With your help and takes we ask: is there any truth to it? And if so: what's driving women's dominion in literary fiction?</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks for all of your thoughts as ever! Follow us on IG @everythingiscontentpod. Love O, R, B x</p><p><br></p><p><u>Links:</u></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/vanishing-young-male-novelists-debate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vogue - It's Time To Put The \"Where Are All The Male Novelists\" Debate To Bed </a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-vanishing-white-male-writer/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Compact Mag - The Vanishing White Male Writer</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-white-male-writer-is-fine-i-promise\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Current Affairs - The White Male Writer Is Fine I Promise</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/men-not-reading-novels\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GQ - Why men need to read more novels </a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/02/men-bminority-authors-and-readers-conduit-books\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian - Do we need more male novelists?</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/414325/literary-fiction-young-men-decline-explained\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">VOX - What happened to the bestselling young white man? </a></p><p><a href=\"https://unherd.com/2024/09/how-to-read-like-a-man/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Unherd - How to read like a man? </a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performative_male\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia - Performative Male</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/oct/22/the-truth-about-boys-and-books-they-read-less-and-skip-pages\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian - The truth about boys and books </a></p><p><a href=\"https://jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-of-the-post-literate-society-aa1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Substack - The dawn of the post-literate society </a></p><p><br></p><p><u>Books mentioned:</u></p><p>Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson</p><p>Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy</p><p>Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín</p><p>Atonement by Ian McEwan</p><p>Normal People by Sally Rooney </p><p>Loren Ipsum by Andrew Gallix</p><p>Flesh by David Szalay</p><p>Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Beth, Ruchira & Oenone"}