Art and Culture #88

The Death of the Male White Writer

-For the Uncensored!

Okay, now that I have your attention, this is shocking to me. Writing is one of the only talents that allow me to breathe and relax. It’s hard to consider this is as real world issue. But apparently in America, hating white people is considered a righteous cause. No matter if the person is talented. A tweet from Joyce Carol Oates, a writer I don’t really care about either way, retweeted a New York Times Opinion piece by Pamela Paul, titled, “there’s more than one way to ban a book” as she retweeted the highlight of the Paul’s words, “a friend who is a literary agent told me that he cannot even get editors to read first novels by young white male writers, no matter how good; they are just not interested. this is heartbreaking for writers who may, in fact, be brilliant, & critical of their own "privilege.")”

Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates

(a friend who is a literary agent told me that he cannot even get editors to read first novels by young white male writers, no matter how good; they are just not interested. this is heartbreaking for writers who may, in fact, be brilliant, & critical of their own "privilege.")

Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates

There’s More Than One Way to Ban a Book https://t.co/PUdI3fHIrn

            This doesn’t represent readers on a national front. To be fair, this article does represent a mortal error in the world of opinion piece journalism. When Ms. Paul claims, “The caution is born of recent experience. No publisher wants another “American Dirt” imbroglio, in which a highly anticipated novel was accused of capitalizing on the migrant experience, no matter how well the book sells” truly something sinister is happening.[1] Because no matter what, publishers want to sell books, but the book industry is caught in a weird downward spiral. By making books a “safe space” only category it damages both the art and the artists.

            No matter if I dislike someone, that speech must be protected. And while I’m probably on the watch list from JK Rowling and Margaret Atwood fans who can’t seem to read a book, the point is clear. No matter how much someone is insulted, money must be made, too. You can’t pretend Art and Commerce doesn’t exist.

            If the rise of independent content creators is born out of a need to help white males, attacking white male creators only damages the conversation about the quality of the work, and focusing more on racial divide, and letting business suffer in the process.

            It’s a hard animal to wrestle with. No matter what, the words of a writer are to be valued over the personal life in which they occupy the years on this earth. It’s damaging to white male writers who do write transgressive material are not even allowed. And that goes for white writers who write within the community guidelines.

            Art is made by the fringe, and if this is how the trajectory of publishing has gone, I’m glad I made the decision to self publish. As I promote ads on Instagram, the numbers show that most of my readers are located predominately in the male and female readership from 18-24 year olds and females 25-34.

To reject talented white writers is a harmful paralysis on creation. If someone is not accepted they will only lash out on society that will reject them. Because the publishing and entertainment industry created this problem, and then they complain, “white males don’t want to read female writers” which is so untrue it’s almost laughable.

            As a writer of more than twenty books, self expression is paramount to my life. It means even if no one sees it, my work is still out there. Having my own career means more to me than any seven figure paycheck or a cocktail party with rich and famous people who are just as nervous as you are.

            So, it’s a weird thing to consider. But there is hope for male writers. And let their business suffer if they won’t cater or publish me. And don’t lash out at society young man, create, and publish. So that white male writers will flourish. As I am one of them. And we’re not dead yet, either. So, write, create, and publish.

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[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/opinion/book-banning-censorship.html?smid=tw-share. Found July 25th, 2022.

-Louis Bruno is the author of more than 19 books, including, The Michael Project, The Michael Project: Book 2: The Lost Children of Eve, Thy Kingdom Come, The Disintegrating Bloodline Part 2: Chaos, The Data Chase, The Disintegrating Bloodline part 3: Solvè, The Disintegrating Bloodline (and the original text re-released in 2019), Apocalypse Soldier, The Data Chase, Selection: The First Book of the Life and Death Saga, and Blinking Eyes: The Second Book of the Life and Death Saga, Hierarchy of Dwindling Sheep, The City of Sand, The God of Curiosity, To the Moon and Back, The Villain Lives and The Villain Lives: The Divided Pinpoint, Come Home, Young One. He has a Bachelor of Arts in English from University of Phoenix. His books can be found on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Lulu. He can be found on Gab, https://gab.com/thereallouistbruno, Minds https://www.minds.com/lbruno8063/. Instagram @lbrruno8063 and @louisbrunoofficialbook. Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouisBr88881650. He has written for the Intellectual Conservative and Ephemere. His newest book, The Voices Are Alive is out now: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/louis-bruno/the-voices-are-alive/hardcover/product-mvggdg.html?page=1&pageSize=4. Also, if you can’t subscribe so that you can get members only content, please be sure to share the articles, as well. If you do Subscribe and pay, as well so you can get my articles in your inbox every time, and access to the paid articles that some readers won’t get to see or access after the articles and books go private. If that doesn’t tickle your pickle, I am also selling merch from t spring, if you want to help support me in other ways. I sell hoodies, shirts, phone cases, and trying to find something there loved ones would like. Link is here: https://thereallouistbruno.creator-spring.com/listing/too-many-strings-not-enough. https://thereallouistbruno.creator-spring.com/listing/duck-fuckery. https://thereallouistbruno.creator-spring.com/listing/headless-corpo. Every little bit helps. Thanks for reading.