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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is the stuff of fascism and authoritarianism. But it is coming in the context of this:

[twitter]https://x.com/matthewschmitz/status/1903067341514064339[/twitter]

And so Trump will be able to get a foothold, and people won’t care like they should, until it is too late. [/quote]

Citation needed - or, gonna have to call bullshit on it.  I definitely see recent white males on the lists.

https://centerforfiction.org/book-recs/first-novel-prize-winners/

https://www.nypl.org/about/awards/young-lions-fiction-award/winners-finalists

https://creativewriting.stanford.edu/stegner-fellowship/meet-stegner-fellows/former-stegner-fellows

But that said, isn't the white male MAGA line "writing poetry and fiction is gay" anyhow?  Doesn't MAGA shun intellectual exercises?

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Thank you! A few years ago there was a huge outcry of women and POC not getting reviewed at the rate of white men.

Also, that Twitter poster SHOULD add that the vast majority of readers are women over the age of 35 -- 20% higher than men. Maybe if men want more awards, they need to encourage men to read.

[url]https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2025/men-women-split-reading-real-and-persists-amid-historical-rate-declines[/url][/quote]

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