Ep 195: The White Guy Publishing Vortex, ft. Ethan McGuire, Pt. 1
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– Apocalypse Dance by Ethan McGuire
– C. S. Lewis, Bronze Age Pervert, & Unserious Christianity by Ethan McGuire
– Call Me the 21st-Century Ern Malley (How I Fooled the Poetry World) by Jasper Ceylon
– A writer’s power can be rooted in real power or in fake power. Real power is better. by Naomi Kanakia
– Links courtesy of Ethan:
“The Vanishing White Male Writer” by Jacob Savage from the Matthew Schmitz magazine, Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-vanishing-white-male-writer/
Other articles
2 "Liberal" Articles
CNN, “Joyce Carol Oates claims White male writers are being shut out. The data disagrees,” Leah Asmelash https://www.cnn.com/style/article/joyce-carol-oates-white-men-publishing-cec/index.html
For the items it links to and/or references
The New York Times, “The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone,” David J. Morris https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/opinion/men-fiction-novels.html
2 "Conservative" Articles
Unherd, “Publishing will never be fair,” Kat Rosenfield, https://unherd.com/2022/07/publishing-will-never-be-fair/
National Conservatism, “Dissident Artists and Publishing are Creating a New Culture,” Jonathan Keeperman https://youtu.be/2dHtMM-8myU?si=ewHgUj0wd6SAPlrt
The only time I've ever written on the subject of the "sensitive young men of the literary alt-right": https://pomocon.substack.com/p/cs-lewis-bronze-age-pervert-and-christian
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