Jacob Savage wrote a pretty good expose on the decline of (or, at least, the reception to) White male authors in the USSA. Read the whole thing.

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.

Being banned and shunned isn’t exactly the same thing as vanishing. For instance, rumors to the contrary aside, I’m still here and writing. Judging Athena will be along shortly, surely restoring this White Man to the notable fiction lists of note. (Sadly, I do not qualify for the under 43 thing…)

UPDATE: The vanishing White Man has been sighted in Russia. Judging Athena gets a little traction in Moscow.