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Jan 29, 2026
On the state of masculinity in contemporary literature
Novelist Andrew Lipstein hosts Phil Klay, Sean Thor Conroe, and others for a roundtable discussion about masculinity on the edge in American literature.
Across the political spectrum, from the halls of government to Hollywood to the workplace, Americans are wracked with anxiety about the shifting boundaries of masculinity. This tension is mirrored and amplified in the various ways contemporary fiction has tackled the topic — or hasn’t.
Join a group of celebrated writers for a provocative, insightful conversation about what the crisis in American masculinity means for our culture — and how a new generation of novelists are questioning old ideas of gender and reimagining what it means to be a man.
This discussion will be hosted by Andrew Lipstein, a leading voice in a growing cohort of novelists probing modern masculinity. His recent novel, Something Rotten, follows an American couple fleeing New York for Copenhagen in the wake of a humiliating cancellation — and the discovery of a new model of masculinity beyond American borders.
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