Journalist Kent Russell, who visits us on Thursday 3/12, talks to the Times Union's Elizabeth Floyd Mair about his new book, I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son (2015).
Q: Did the essays in this book start out as separate essays, or was the idea to write a book-length exploration of masculinity?
A: [S]ubconsciously, I was always chasing the same subject matter: ill-tempered white dudes and their strategies for coping with the loss of power. Subconsciously, I was always writing the book.
More in the Times Union: http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-features/article/Man-cave-dwellers-6118822.php
More about Russell's upcoming visit: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/russell_kent15.html
Monday, March 9, 2015
Ill-Tempered White Dudes & Their Loss of Power
