When We Write About Men

Discussions of masculinity often centre around violence but these writers are representing men with nuance.

Miles Franklin Literary Award–shortlisted writer Robbie Arnott depicts brothers in Dusk, while former AFL player Brandon Jack takes readers into the changing room with Pissants. Egyptian Australian journalist Daniel Nour’s memoir How to Dodge Flying Sandals shares his experience of growing up queer and Arab and prize-winning poet Michael Pedersen writes about complex male relationships in his memoir Boy Friends and novel Muckle Flugga.

Hear how Robbie, Brandon, Daniel and Michael represent men on and off the page in conversation with Benjamin Law.