The Vanishing White Male Writer

The Vanishing White Male Writer

It’s easy enough to trace the decline of young white men in American letters—just browse The New York Times’s “Notable Fiction” list. In 2012 the Times included seven white American men under the age of 43 (the cut-off for a millennial today); in 2013 there were six, in 2014 there were six. And then the doors shut.By 2021, there was not one white male millennial on the “Notable Fiction” list. There were none again in 2022, and just one apiece in…