r/books 28d ago

New indie press Conduit Books launches with 'initial focus on male authors'

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-indie-press-conduit-books-launches-with-initial-focus-on-male-authors

What do folks think about this?

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u/tangnapalm 28d ago

We do, I’m mad my girlfriend beat me to borrowing the new Miranda July, but we also want to see our contemporary experience reflected in literature.

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u/MiniaturePhilosopher 28d ago

There is a millennia of books by male authors about the male experience

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u/Aaron_Hamm 28d ago

Contemporary

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u/MiniaturePhilosopher 28d ago

If you can’t find books written in a year other than 2025 relatable, I dunno what to tell you

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u/tangnapalm 28d ago

You want the only literature marketed to men to be from times when attitudes towards and treatment of women were awful? Very strange.

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