Are White Men Allowed to Write Novels with Andrew Boryga

Are White Men Allowed to Write Novels with Andrew Boryga

Author: Time To Say Goodbye May 14, 2025 Duration: 1:00:09

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Today we take a break from Trump to bring back one of our favorite guests, Andrew Boryga, the novelist behind the brilliant book Victim, and the author of a funny and incisive substack. We talk about the latest compain-fest in the literary world about white millennial men and how they’re supposedly shut out of the fruits of culture like the NYPL Young Lions Award or whatever. Then we talk a little bit about the Pulitzer controversy surrounding James and Andrew’s own thoughts on who gets to write novels and who does not.



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