{"id":1984623,"date":"2026-06-09T16:07:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1984623"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:07:56","slug":"love-him-or-hate-him-sean-thor-conroe-will-write-a-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1984623","title":{"rendered":"Love Him or Hate Him, Sean Thor Conroe Will Write a Masterpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995151-sean6.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"articleCore___jz22v articleCore___jz22v story___rLN7E isFullscreenHero\" data-view=\"post\" data-layout=\"story\">\n<div class=\"main___V1upB hasSocialInteraction___TBOhu\">\n<aside data-cy=\"interactionSidebar\" class=\"interactionSidebar___EDQxW available___tb6a0\">\n<div data-cy=\"interactionBar\" class=\"wrapper___dWPrU interaction___uYGM3 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Huang<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"creditItem____ilCU\"><span class=\"role___WBmYZ\">Photography by<\/span><span class=\"name\">Azra Schorr<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleContent____2C5X articleContent___Zx74X story\">\n<div class=\"floatingAd___O6gNm unit___LNwAM mpu___jBf9d mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-mpu-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ mpu___KZGD5 loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Around October 2025, when Sean Thor Conroe told me he was moving to the woods to finish his novel, <em>Savior<\/em>, I told him, \u201cI always felt like I cared about writing, but compared to you I don\u2019t, and it feels shameful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">He smiled with his Carhartt balaclava on, scratched his head furiously, pulled at his long john sweater, and asked if it was still cool if he bummed a punch off me for the Russian Turkish Baths on 10th Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">**<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2022, I watched the hype unfold around Sean\u2019s debut novel, <em>Fuccboi<\/em>: the <em>Interview<\/em> shoot where he came through like Hypervolt Pepe the LV Frog with the Balenci belt and Comme foams; the <em>New York Times<\/em> review that described his main character, also named Sean, as a \u201cstriver, burnout, lover, scrub.\u201d He was supposed to be the answer to the dispossessed male reader \u2014 the guy who could write honestly about what it was like to be a guy, thereby appealing to other guys.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-0\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-first___BTdUp mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-first-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-first___V5atz loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App 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And I texted my fantasy basketball commissioner-favorite downtown scene reporter, Ben Detrick, to get his read on it. \u201cYo random have u read or heard about this novel <em>Fuccboi<\/em>?\u201d I wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t but he\u2019s supposed to come on \u2018Cookies\u2019 next week. Might put him in the Friday run.\u201d (\u201cCookies\u201d is Ben\u2019s podcast, and the Friday run is Ben\u2019s run at P.S. 41, that he inherited from Aaron Bondaroff, and which everyone from the Schnabels to myself to Tremaine Emory to Dev Hynes to Josh Safdie has played in over the years.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cFrom his writing he says he can ball,\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cHow was the writing? Seemed like auto fiction that people are saying is emblematic of\u00a0 \u00a0 the young male haha.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"contentImage___ZtTiP image___Zd0tF extended___kLMaF story___Joh3V\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" class=\"responsiveImageWrapper___WSCZH\">\n<div class=\"responsiveImage___eTIU7 container___EL4Fu withCredits\" data-cy=\"responsiveImage\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___bGRjz\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN metaContainerWrap___AuTpG credits___pxd4E\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cI didn\u2019t love the \u2018voice\u2019 but I think he has very poignant moments. It\u2019s undeniable we\u2019re\u00a0 all from the same world, and kind of flies in the face of the times which I like.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-1\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">In many ways, <em>Fuccboi<\/em> felt like the literary prologue to the <em>Marty Supreme<\/em> rollout. By which I mean that the boundaries between Sean the person, Sean the writer, and Sean the narrator could perhaps only be discerned by Sean himself. His narrator seemed designed to piss people off \u2014 to troll readers\u2019 niminy-piminy expectations. I liked the idea of a literary bad-boy blowing up at a moment when everyone was hyper self-conscious. I was sick of watching artists self-edit and virtue signal to the detriment of their work. Sean was something different.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">My agents mentioned that a lot of writers and directors were trying to option <em>Fuccboi<\/em>, but no one had nailed it down. I asked if they\u2019d connect me, and in so many Hollywood words they told me I\u2019d have a better shot trying myself. This happens frequently because agents never want to admit that they don\u2019t know someone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I DM\u2019d Sean, and within days we were on the phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I pitched him a <em>Californication<\/em>-esque 30-minute dramedy adaptation of <em>Fuccboi<\/em>: his character in Philadelphia trying to figure his shit out in relationships while making no discernible progress in his career or financial situation. While most shows depict some version of a hero\u2019s journey, I\u2019d watched many of my most mediocre friends steal the prime years of women\u2019s lives with their inaccessible emotions and unhealable sense of self-worth. And like them, it was clear that Sean couldn\u2019t get out of his own way. Sean the person, the writer, and the character was going to burn his life down \u2014 and yours in the process \u2014 then write about it. But it\u2019s hot, he\u2019s hot, and who\u2019s to say there\u2019s a greater purpose in life than dying on this dick?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-2\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Sean ended up going with a different writer-director for the adaptation at the suggestion of his reps, which I respected. But we kept in touch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">**<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">The next four years were hard. My scripts in development all stalled as Hollywood tightened the belt, then went on strike, then fell into mergers, acquisitions, and antitrust hell. 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1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995455-sean3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995455-sean3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaCredits___kCTfN\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___hgcW9\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr, Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">When I moved back to New York City in 2025, Sean and I got sukiyaki at Ootoya, gamjatang at Wonjo, played ball on 36th Street (he won 21 to 16), and kept meeting up at the Baths lamenting the fact that we were both in literary jail. I\u2019d had a deal with One World Books since 2017 that I couldn\u2019t service despite submitting several novels. Admittedly, they were all ass, but I was trying. Sean, meanwhile, was also unable to find a publisher.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-3\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">As we sweat in the hottest Russian Room with towels over our heads and rubber sandals on our feet, we wondered what we\u2019d done to end up here \u2014 and how we\u2019d escape.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">In March 2025, I gave up on my novel because I couldn\u2019t figure out how to move it\u00a0 forward with my longtime editor. In an act of desperation, I gave Sean the pages. I told him that it felt like sending the homie a dick pic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">He read them and highlighted the chapter where Hubie, the main character, walks three miles to the canyon store to buy a sandwich for a homeless man while listening to Sky Ferreira\u2019s \u201cEverything Is Embarrassing\u201d on loop because a girl he likes seems destined to be with someone else. \u201cThat\u2019s good shit,\u201d Sean texted me. \u201cYou joked that it was like sending your mans a dick pic lol but that\u2019s how u know u got something, if it feels vulnerable like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Hearing this gave me the confidence that what I was writing wasn\u2019t trash so I kept going. I shared the pages with a new agent, Kirby Kim, and with my wife, Natashia, pushing further into feelings of embarrassment. Eventually, those feelings gave rise to the conflict and the villains that early versions of the novel had been missing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-4\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">When I finally got out of literary jail, I sent Sean this email:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cAfter I read <em>Fuccboi<\/em> I was really inspired. <em>Fresh off the Boat<\/em> was all true, memoir, whatever, but in this weird way writing nonfiction felt less truthful to me than reading what you were doing with <em>Fuccboi<\/em> cause when it\u2019s nonfiction I try not to hit anyone with a stray. I protected my parents, but they were the villains in my life for a long time despite how much they loved me, and vice-versa. It\u2019s been the hardest shit for me to understand how people who actually love me are so bad at doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"contentImage___ZtTiP image___Zd0tF extended___kLMaF story___Joh3V\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" class=\"responsiveImageWrapper___WSCZH\">\n<div class=\"responsiveImage___eTIU7 container___EL4Fu withCredits\" data-cy=\"responsiveImage\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___bGRjz\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN metaContainerWrap___AuTpG credits___pxd4E\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Sean was in Japan at the time to bury his grandmother, but he still wrote me back. \u201cAppreciate you saying all that about <em>Fuccboi<\/em>, I\u2019m glad it pushed you to go in, that\u2019s what it\u2019s about, inspiring each other to push things further. Real as hell all the parental shit, confronting all of that all over in a different way right now on this trip.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-5\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">When Sean got back, he gave me a bound copy of<em> Savior<\/em>. The dynamic that struck me revolved around how badly the protagonist, John, wanted Ruth:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cAfter classes, John would catch her, stalling all unassuming in the downstairs vestibule area, joining her in stride through the rotating doors into the writing building, lingering just outside, smoking, waiting on her while she took her time gathering her things, tidying herself in the bathroom, staying longer in the classroom to ask the professor something, acting like he hadn\u2019t been waiting on her when he clearly had been,\u201d Sean wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Later on, he wrote from Ruth\u2019s point of view:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were the first man to ever want me decisively. My father hadn\u2019t, my boyfriend didn\u2019t. But you stood outside that subway station and missed two trains to tell me over and over again that you didn\u2019t care what I said, you would keep waiting. Is it unfeminist that I loved how little you listened to me? \u2018I won\u2019t leave him,\u2019 I kept saying. \u2018I don\u2019t care,\u2019 you kept responding. I couldn\u2019t even register myself as the wanted thing, I was so jealous of how you wanted it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-6\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">The most annoying yet affirming thing about reading is when it reflects a felt yearning back to you. It doesn\u2019t even matter where the yearning comes from. You\u2019re simply exposed as an idiot with a broken heart who cares too much to operate with any sort of efficiency, but damn it feels good to yearn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">The other thing that became clear reading <em>Savior <\/em>was how Sean and his character yearned to be literary greats. It is very apparent that there is a masterpiece that will inevitably spill out of Sean one day in the way you can feel impending doom around people who yearn too hard and I have to say I envied that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">**<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">The author Sheila Heti also read several drafts of <em>Savior<\/em>, which she described as \u201cpainful and moving \u2014 sort of more tender than the last book.\u201d Sean, she said, was \u201cwriting about masculinity and the contradictions in it and the complexity around being a man in this world trying to be good but knowing you\u2019re not.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Except he was still having trouble selling it, which neither of us understood.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-7\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">While my stint in literary jail stemmed from being an ass writer, Sean\u2019s seemed to be\u00a0 coming from forces within the literary community, which I found odd. Maybe because I don\u2019t really participate in the literary community and don\u2019t understand its machinations. Growing up in Florida, Carl Hiaasen was the best writer I came across. My first taste of the \u201cliterary world\u201d was in 2004 when I got up in a Rollins College auditorium wearing a Rasheed Wallace Blazers jersey and started arguing with Richard Ford because he\u2019d disparaged Ha Jin\u2019s English in<em> Waiting<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I started to ask questions. First to Sean\u2019s homie, Harold Rogers, who I initially knew as the guy whose couch Sean would crash on when he was beefing with his girl. Then one day I saw Sean link to Harold\u2019s\u2019 Substack, and I realized they\u2019d been classmates at Columbia. Harold himself was an established writer, having published his first novel, <em>Tropicalia<\/em>, at 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Harold told me that Sean \u201cwas the star of the Columbia program, though nobody was keen to acknowledge that. I read <em>Fuccboi<\/em> all through its gestation, and I thought it was awesome. Nobody had better theories of writing, either. [Sean] really stood out, with his passion &amp; vibrance &amp; work ethic in a sea of thumb-twiddling lames.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I followed up by asking Harold why he thought Sean was in the publishing wilderness. \u201cIt\u2019s a very simple story,\u201d he replied. \u201cPeople were rooting for <\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-8\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentImage___ZtTiP image___Zd0tF normal story___Joh3V\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" class=\"responsiveImageWrapper___WSCZH\">\n<div class=\"responsiveImage___eTIU7 container___EL4Fu withCredits\" data-cy=\"responsiveImage\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___bGRjz\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN metaContainerWrap___AuTpG credits___pxd4E\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><em>Fuccboi<\/em> when it was being put out by a small maverick book publisher and Sean was gonna be an underground sensation.\u201d The novel had originally been picked up by Tyrant Books, a small press run by Giancarlo DeTrapano.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Gian was the Tony Bourdain, Stretch and Bobbito, or maybe the Christine Vachon of independent literature; he identified writers like Sean, Atticus Lish, and Nico Walker early-on. He was also the rare person who understood things from the perspective of the tortured artist while also speaking the Ivory Tower dun language so that the work actually reached the people who needed to read it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">After Gian died in 2021, <em>Fuccboi<\/em> was sold to Little, Brown &amp; Company \u201cfor a big advance,\u201d Harold said, \u201cand all the goodwill turned. Especially since a jealous Op invented an entire story about Sean being a rich kid who plagiarized and kissed ass on his way to a book deal, which could literally not be further from the truth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-9\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cWho\u2019s the Op?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cSam Pink.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I found the blog post Sam had written accusing Sean of plagiarizing his style. (Sean references Sam in <em>Fuccboi<\/em> and includes him by name in the acknowledgments.) So I DM\u2019d him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cHey Sam. I\u2019m writing about why Sean Thor Conroe is in literary jail. I got pointed to your blog post about him back in the dat (I misspelled \u201cday\u201d). Would you be down to talk?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">He responded 11 minutes later. \u201cHey what\u2019s up man. Probably not. I said what I had to say back in the day and haven\u2019t followed what he\u2019s doing\/what people think of him since then. I\u2019m not interested in the matter anymore and don\u2019t have much to add.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">At that point, I felt it would be prudent to call Sean\u2019s agent, Julie Flanagan. I told her that I felt like something was off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cIt\u2019s been off for quite some time,\u201d she said. \u201cSean is one of the most willfully misunderstood writers I can think of.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">He\u2019s \u201cthe most likely person on my list to get an eye roll,\u201d Flanagan added. \u201cBut I find him to be an easy person to understand if you don\u2019t have something invested in hating him.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-10\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentImage___ZtTiP image___Zd0tF extended___kLMaF story___Joh3V\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" class=\"responsiveImageWrapper___WSCZH\">\n<div class=\"responsiveImage___eTIU7 container___EL4Fu withCredits\" data-cy=\"responsiveImage\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___bGRjz\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN metaContainerWrap___AuTpG credits___pxd4E\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">A few days after our first conversation, Heti sent me a voice memo while she was driving. \u201cHey, I was just thinking, Eddie, that maybe what rubs people the wrong way about Sean is that he\u2019s so super sincere about wanting to be a great artist,\u201d she said. \u201cI think that\u2019s hard to see for some people. Either they have to feel bad about not being as sincere, or they have to doubt his sincerity, which in many cases means mocking it. No one wants to think there\u2019s another writer out there who\u2019s more committed than they are.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Sean ended up selling <em>Savior<\/em> to Dalkey Archive Press. He announced it in April on Instagram: a \u201cPublishers Marketplace Deal Report\u201d screenshot that included a quote from Heti: \u201cA transfixing and deeply moving horror story, written from the most trembling center of the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">**<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-11\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">In January, I met up with Sean and Harold at the Chinese Carryout across the street from the 92nd Street Y where Sean was going to be on a panel. Sean was wearing a blazer that gave 2012 Lupe Fiasco, but it made sense for the audience. I had a wonton soup, Sean and Harold had a couple Tsingtaos, then Sean bounced to get ready for his talk with Andrew Lipstein (<em>Something Rotten<\/em>), Phil Klay (<em>Redeployment<\/em>), and Daniel Lefferts (<em>Ways and Means<\/em>). The panel was called \u201cThe Trouble with Men.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">After a circuitous 30-minute conversation in which Lipstein and Klay agreed it was hard to single out any specific \u201cmale traits,\u201d Lipstein read an audience question: \u201cDo you think men are underrepresented in literature today?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Klay said he didn\u2019t and went on a diatribe about how much he disliked Cormac McCarthy, the author of two plays, three short stories, five screenplays, and twelve novels, including <em>No Country For Old Men<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Sean side-eye\u2019d him and said, \u201cI think Cormac\u2019s a pretty good writer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cI do think men are underrepresented,\u201d he added. \u201cI think most men don\u2019t read, and for those men that do read, there are not many male writers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-12\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App 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no one wanted to acknowledge the existence of stereotypical \u2014 or at least classical \u2014 \u201cmale traits\u201d because doing so would derail their own virtue-signaling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">As an author who also writes for a non-book-buying audience, I understood what Sean\u00a0 was trying to say: We\u2019re all writing for the youths at Derek Zoolander\u2019s School for Kids Who Don\u2019t Read Good.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Sean\u2019s strength comes from living his truth on the ground level, then translating it into bro-speak and working-class narratives. When Sean wades into socially polite waters like the 92nd Street Y, he struggles to code switch. His words become a discombobulated gumbo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">At his core, Sean is a genuine alien. He cares about explaining the truth of his experience so much that it blinds him to the fact that some people don\u2019t want to understand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-13\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Lefferts offered a kind of middle ground. \u201cI don\u2019t think men are underrepresented,\u201d he said, \u201cbut one type of man has taken the spotlight: the paralytically self-conscious man. Sometimes, I just prefer an asshole.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">**<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">A few weeks after the panel, Natashia and I showed up at Hudson Bar and Books to celebrate Sean\u2019s birthday. I thought it was funny that he\u2019d gone for a literary theme, but when I arrived and saw people smoking inside, I realized that maybe he just wanted to rip cigs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Harold and Sean were drinking beers and talking about writing. I ordered the \u201cBar and Books Pizza,\u201d which was about as satisfying as a frozen Totino\u2019s thin crust.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Around the time the pizza arrived, the conversation turned to Sean\u2019s career. Natashia and I smiled politely, Harold quietly sipped, and Sean went into his usual routine complaining about the industry. Everything he said seemed to mirror Gian\u2019s quote about the difference between water and publishing, which wasn\u2019t wrong, but it was a little sad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">As a recent exoneree from literary jail who\u2019d benefitted greatly from Sean\u2019s help, I just wanted him to be OK. I worried that his exile to the woods had focused his attention even further on Sean the writer, to the detriment of Sean the person. And I really wanted my friend back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-14\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentImage___ZtTiP image___Zd0tF extended___kLMaF story___Joh3V\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" class=\"responsiveImageWrapper___WSCZH\">\n<div class=\"responsiveImage___eTIU7 container___EL4Fu withCredits\" data-cy=\"responsiveImage\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___bGRjz\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN metaContainerWrap___AuTpG credits___pxd4E\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">That\u2019s when a harrowing thought started to percolate in my mind: Were we even friends? Were we just using each other as sounding boards and confidants while we struggled? Were we playing ball, eating sukiyaki, and shvitzing as homies, or as two writers talking past each other who\u2019d rather be doing something else? I\u2019d rather be a friend than a co-worker, but I wasn\u2019t so sure about Sean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">A few minutes later, Sean asked me a question. \u201cHow many copies of <em>Fresh Off the Boat<\/em> did you sell?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I smiled, trying to avoid the question, knowing it was a big number, but he just stared at me waiting for the answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I love Sean, and I want to take my walls down when we hang, but he makes it really fucking hard sometimes. Like, bro, the book spawned a historic six-season sitcom that got Asians on television. The number will sound vulgar in this setting, but if you want me to kick you in the dick, I will. So I told him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-15\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cDamn,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">There was a pause. I picked at the pizza. Then, he came for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cYour shit is cool,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s cool, but I\u2019m writing about people in literature that people know and care about. It\u2019s not the same thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I didn\u2019t respond. I know I write mostly about my family and friends. I\u2019ve always recognized that Sean is part of a literary scene full of micro-famous people that I understand but am not a part of. But I, like Groucho Marx, refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">A few minutes later, I got the check and split it with Harold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cYo, you don\u2019t have to get it bro. You barely had anything to drink,\u201d Sean said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I gave him a hug.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cIt\u2019s your birthday. I love you, bro,\u201d I said. Because I also prefer an asshole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"articleFooter___KgB90 articleFooter____oGOd hasSocialInteraction___TBOhu story\">\n<ul class=\"articleCredits___DFlRp articleCredits___dhkBb\">\n<li class=\"creditsRow___GgNX0\"><span class=\"role___Z7TqG\">By<\/span>Eddie Huang<\/li>\n<li class=\"creditsRow___GgNX0\"><span class=\"role___Z7TqG\">Photography by<\/span>Azra Schorr<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"tagButtonGroup___DEUl1 tags___irEU7\">\n<li class=\"tagButtonGroupItem___gemOI\"><span class=\"tagButton___ZRzr4 tag___v4cqZ\">culture<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"tagButtonGroupItem___gemOI\"><span class=\"tagButton___ZRzr4 tag___v4cqZ\">books<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"tagButtonGroupItem___gemOI\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"wrapper___ny_aw\">\n<div class=\"articleAuthor___lboFb\">\n<div class=\"info___ssZkH\">\n<div class=\"author___1tx8O\"><span class=\"name___DNm3E\">Eddie Huang<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleContent____2C5X articleContent___Zx74X story\">\n<div class=\"floatingAd___O6gNm unit___LNwAM mpu___jBf9d mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-mpu-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ mpu___KZGD5 loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Around October 2025, when Sean Thor Conroe told me he was moving to the woods to finish his novel, <em>Savior<\/em>, I told him, \u201cI always felt like I cared about writing, but compared to you I don\u2019t, and it feels shameful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">He smiled with his Carhartt balaclava on, scratched his head furiously, pulled at his long john sweater, and asked if it was still cool if he bummed a punch off me for the Russian Turkish Baths on 10th Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">**<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2022, I watched the hype unfold around Sean\u2019s debut novel, <em>Fuccboi<\/em>: the <em>Interview<\/em> shoot where he came through like Hypervolt Pepe the LV Frog with the Balenci belt and Comme foams; the <em>New York Times<\/em> review that described his main character, also named Sean, as a \u201cstriver, burnout, lover, scrub.\u201d He was supposed to be the answer to the dispossessed male reader \u2014 the guy who could write honestly about what it was like to be a guy, thereby appealing to other guys.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-0\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-first___BTdUp mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-first-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-first___V5atz loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I read the book. And I texted my fantasy basketball commissioner-favorite downtown scene reporter, Ben Detrick, to get his read on it. \u201cYo random have u read or heard about this novel <em>Fuccboi<\/em>?\u201d I wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t but he\u2019s supposed to come on \u2018Cookies\u2019 next week. Might put him in the Friday run.\u201d (\u201cCookies\u201d is Ben\u2019s podcast, and the Friday run is Ben\u2019s run at P.S. 41, that he inherited from Aaron Bondaroff, and which everyone from the Schnabels to myself to Tremaine Emory to Dev Hynes to Josh Safdie has played in over the years.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cFrom his writing he says he can ball,\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cHow was the writing? Seemed like auto fiction that people are saying is emblematic of\u00a0 \u00a0 the young male haha.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"contentImage___ZtTiP image___Zd0tF extended___kLMaF story___Joh3V\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" class=\"responsiveImageWrapper___WSCZH\">\n<div class=\"responsiveImage___eTIU7 container___EL4Fu withCredits\" data-cy=\"responsiveImage\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___bGRjz\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995489-sean11.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN metaContainerWrap___AuTpG credits___pxd4E\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cI didn\u2019t love the \u2018voice\u2019 but I think he has very poignant moments. It\u2019s undeniable we\u2019re\u00a0 all from the same world, and kind of flies in the face of the times which I like.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-1\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">In many ways, <em>Fuccboi<\/em> felt like the literary prologue to the <em>Marty Supreme<\/em> rollout. By which I mean that the boundaries between Sean the person, Sean the writer, and Sean the narrator could perhaps only be discerned by Sean himself. His narrator seemed designed to piss people off \u2014 to troll readers\u2019 niminy-piminy expectations. I liked the idea of a literary bad-boy blowing up at a moment when everyone was hyper self-conscious. I was sick of watching artists self-edit and virtue signal to the detriment of their work. Sean was something different.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">My agents mentioned that a lot of writers and directors were trying to option <em>Fuccboi<\/em>, but no one had nailed it down. I asked if they\u2019d connect me, and in so many Hollywood words they told me I\u2019d have a better shot trying myself. This happens frequently because agents never want to admit that they don\u2019t know someone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I DM\u2019d Sean, and within days we were on the phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I pitched him a <em>Californication<\/em>-esque 30-minute dramedy adaptation of <em>Fuccboi<\/em>: his character in Philadelphia trying to figure his shit out in relationships while making no discernible progress in his career or financial situation. While most shows depict some version of a hero\u2019s journey, I\u2019d watched many of my most mediocre friends steal the prime years of women\u2019s lives with their inaccessible emotions and unhealable sense of self-worth. And like them, it was clear that Sean couldn\u2019t get out of his own way. Sean the person, the writer, and the character was going to burn his life down \u2014 and yours in the process \u2014 then write about it. But it\u2019s hot, he\u2019s hot, and who\u2019s to say there\u2019s a greater purpose in life than dying on this dick?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-2\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Sean ended up going with a different writer-director for the adaptation at the suggestion of his reps, which I respected. But we kept in touch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">**<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">The next four years were hard. My scripts in development all stalled as Hollywood tightened the belt, then went on strike, then fell into mergers, acquisitions, and antitrust hell. I also couldn\u2019t be bothered to employ any type of conventional structure in my work so there was that too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"parallax___NUJyQ extended___qZ7NO story___yqBp9 parallaxImageGrid___BDhFD\">\n<div class=\"contentParallaxImageGrid___eS3eK grid_6___MopQa\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" class=\"responsiveImageWrapper___WSCZH grid-item___MaDVD\">\n<div class=\"responsiveImage___eTIU7 container___EL4Fu\" data-cy=\"responsiveImage\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___bGRjz grid-item-wrapper___wYc5P\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995455-sean7.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995455-sean7.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 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1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995455-sean3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995455-sean3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaCredits___kCTfN\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___hgcW9\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr, Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">When I moved back to New York City in 2025, Sean and I got sukiyaki at Ootoya, gamjatang at Wonjo, played ball on 36th Street (he won 21 to 16), and kept meeting up at the Baths lamenting the fact that we were both in literary jail. I\u2019d had a deal with One World Books since 2017 that I couldn\u2019t service despite submitting several novels. Admittedly, they were all ass, but I was trying. Sean, meanwhile, was also unable to find a publisher.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-3\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">As we sweat in the hottest Russian Room with towels over our heads and rubber sandals on our feet, we wondered what we\u2019d done to end up here \u2014 and how we\u2019d escape.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">In March 2025, I gave up on my novel because I couldn\u2019t figure out how to move it\u00a0 forward with my longtime editor. In an act of desperation, I gave Sean the pages. I told him that it felt like sending the homie a dick pic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">He read them and highlighted the chapter where Hubie, the main character, walks three miles to the canyon store to buy a sandwich for a homeless man while listening to Sky Ferreira\u2019s \u201cEverything Is Embarrassing\u201d on loop because a girl he likes seems destined to be with someone else. \u201cThat\u2019s good shit,\u201d Sean texted me. \u201cYou joked that it was like sending your mans a dick pic lol but that\u2019s how u know u got something, if it feels vulnerable like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Hearing this gave me the confidence that what I was writing wasn\u2019t trash so I kept going. I shared the pages with a new agent, Kirby Kim, and with my wife, Natashia, pushing further into feelings of embarrassment. Eventually, those feelings gave rise to the conflict and the villains that early versions of the novel had been missing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-4\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">When I finally got out of literary jail, I sent Sean this email:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cAfter I read <em>Fuccboi<\/em> I was really inspired. <em>Fresh off the Boat<\/em> was all true, memoir, whatever, but in this weird way writing nonfiction felt less truthful to me than reading what you were doing with <em>Fuccboi<\/em> cause when it\u2019s nonfiction I try not to hit anyone with a stray. I protected my parents, but they were the villains in my life for a long time despite how much they loved me, and vice-versa. It\u2019s been the hardest shit for me to understand how people who actually love me are so bad at doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"contentImage___ZtTiP image___Zd0tF extended___kLMaF story___Joh3V\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" class=\"responsiveImageWrapper___WSCZH\">\n<div class=\"responsiveImage___eTIU7 container___EL4Fu withCredits\" data-cy=\"responsiveImage\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___bGRjz\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995468-sean2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN metaContainerWrap___AuTpG credits___pxd4E\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Sean was in Japan at the time to bury his grandmother, but he still wrote me back. \u201cAppreciate you saying all that about <em>Fuccboi<\/em>, I\u2019m glad it pushed you to go in, that\u2019s what it\u2019s about, inspiring each other to push things further. Real as hell all the parental shit, confronting all of that all over in a different way right now on this trip.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-5\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">When Sean got back, he gave me a bound copy of<em> Savior<\/em>. The dynamic that struck me revolved around how badly the protagonist, John, wanted Ruth:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cAfter classes, John would catch her, stalling all unassuming in the downstairs vestibule area, joining her in stride through the rotating doors into the writing building, lingering just outside, smoking, waiting on her while she took her time gathering her things, tidying herself in the bathroom, staying longer in the classroom to ask the professor something, acting like he hadn\u2019t been waiting on her when he clearly had been,\u201d Sean wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Later on, he wrote from Ruth\u2019s point of view:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were the first man to ever want me decisively. My father hadn\u2019t, my boyfriend didn\u2019t. But you stood outside that subway station and missed two trains to tell me over and over again that you didn\u2019t care what I said, you would keep waiting. Is it unfeminist that I loved how little you listened to me? \u2018I won\u2019t leave him,\u2019 I kept saying. \u2018I don\u2019t care,\u2019 you kept responding. I couldn\u2019t even register myself as the wanted thing, I was so jealous of how you wanted it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-6\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">The most annoying yet affirming thing about reading is when it reflects a felt yearning back to you. It doesn\u2019t even matter where the yearning comes from. You\u2019re simply exposed as an idiot with a broken heart who cares too much to operate with any sort of efficiency, but damn it feels good to yearn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">The other thing that became clear reading <em>Savior <\/em>was how Sean and his character yearned to be literary greats. It is very apparent that there is a masterpiece that will inevitably spill out of Sean one day in the way you can feel impending doom around people who yearn too hard and I have to say I envied that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">**<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">The author Sheila Heti also read several drafts of <em>Savior<\/em>, which she described as \u201cpainful and moving \u2014 sort of more tender than the last book.\u201d Sean, she said, was \u201cwriting about masculinity and the contradictions in it and the complexity around being a man in this world trying to be good but knowing you\u2019re not.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Except he was still having trouble selling it, which neither of us understood.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-7\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">While my stint in literary jail stemmed from being an ass writer, Sean\u2019s seemed to be\u00a0 coming from forces within the literary community, which I found odd. Maybe because I don\u2019t really participate in the literary community and don\u2019t understand its machinations. Growing up in Florida, Carl Hiaasen was the best writer I came across. My first taste of the \u201cliterary world\u201d was in 2004 when I got up in a Rollins College auditorium wearing a Rasheed Wallace Blazers jersey and started arguing with Richard Ford because he\u2019d disparaged Ha Jin\u2019s English in<em> Waiting<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I started to ask questions. First to Sean\u2019s homie, Harold Rogers, who I initially knew as the guy whose couch Sean would crash on when he was beefing with his girl. Then one day I saw Sean link to Harold\u2019s\u2019 Substack, and I realized they\u2019d been classmates at Columbia. Harold himself was an established writer, having published his first novel, <em>Tropicalia<\/em>, at 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Harold told me that Sean \u201cwas the star of the Columbia program, though nobody was keen to acknowledge that. I read <em>Fuccboi<\/em> all through its gestation, and I thought it was awesome. Nobody had better theories of writing, either. [Sean] really stood out, with his passion &amp; vibrance &amp; work ethic in a sea of thumb-twiddling lames.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I followed up by asking Harold why he thought Sean was in the publishing wilderness. \u201cIt\u2019s a very simple story,\u201d he replied. \u201cPeople were rooting for <\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-8\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentImage___ZtTiP image___Zd0tF normal story___Joh3V\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" class=\"responsiveImageWrapper___WSCZH\">\n<div class=\"responsiveImage___eTIU7 container___EL4Fu withCredits\" data-cy=\"responsiveImage\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___bGRjz\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995750-sean10.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.4&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN metaContainerWrap___AuTpG credits___pxd4E\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><em>Fuccboi<\/em> when it was being put out by a small maverick book publisher and Sean was gonna be an underground sensation.\u201d The novel had originally been picked up by Tyrant Books, a small press run by Giancarlo DeTrapano.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Gian was the Tony Bourdain, Stretch and Bobbito, or maybe the Christine Vachon of independent literature; he identified writers like Sean, Atticus Lish, and Nico Walker early-on. He was also the rare person who understood things from the perspective of the tortured artist while also speaking the Ivory Tower dun language so that the work actually reached the people who needed to read it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">After Gian died in 2021, <em>Fuccboi<\/em> was sold to Little, Brown &amp; Company \u201cfor a big advance,\u201d Harold said, \u201cand all the goodwill turned. Especially since a jealous Op invented an entire story about Sean being a rich kid who plagiarized and kissed ass on his way to a book deal, which could literally not be further from the truth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-9\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cWho\u2019s the Op?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cSam Pink.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I found the blog post Sam had written accusing Sean of plagiarizing his style. (Sean references Sam in <em>Fuccboi<\/em> and includes him by name in the acknowledgments.) So I DM\u2019d him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cHey Sam. I\u2019m writing about why Sean Thor Conroe is in literary jail. I got pointed to your blog post about him back in the dat (I misspelled \u201cday\u201d). Would you be down to talk?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">He responded 11 minutes later. \u201cHey what\u2019s up man. Probably not. I said what I had to say back in the day and haven\u2019t followed what he\u2019s doing\/what people think of him since then. I\u2019m not interested in the matter anymore and don\u2019t have much to add.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">At that point, I felt it would be prudent to call Sean\u2019s agent, Julie Flanagan. I told her that I felt like something was off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cIt\u2019s been off for quite some time,\u201d she said. \u201cSean is one of the most willfully misunderstood writers I can think of.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">He\u2019s \u201cthe most likely person on my list to get an eye roll,\u201d Flanagan added. \u201cBut I find him to be an easy person to understand if you don\u2019t have something invested in hating him.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-10\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentImage___ZtTiP image___Zd0tF extended___kLMaF story___Joh3V\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" class=\"responsiveImageWrapper___WSCZH\">\n<div class=\"responsiveImage___eTIU7 container___EL4Fu withCredits\" data-cy=\"responsiveImage\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___bGRjz\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995830-sean4.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN metaContainerWrap___AuTpG credits___pxd4E\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">A few days after our first conversation, Heti sent me a voice memo while she was driving. \u201cHey, I was just thinking, Eddie, that maybe what rubs people the wrong way about Sean is that he\u2019s so super sincere about wanting to be a great artist,\u201d she said. \u201cI think that\u2019s hard to see for some people. Either they have to feel bad about not being as sincere, or they have to doubt his sincerity, which in many cases means mocking it. No one wants to think there\u2019s another writer out there who\u2019s more committed than they are.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Sean ended up selling <em>Savior<\/em> to Dalkey Archive Press. He announced it in April on Instagram: a \u201cPublishers Marketplace Deal Report\u201d screenshot that included a quote from Heti: \u201cA transfixing and deeply moving horror story, written from the most trembling center of the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">**<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-11\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">In January, I met up with Sean and Harold at the Chinese Carryout across the street from the 92nd Street Y where Sean was going to be on a panel. Sean was wearing a blazer that gave 2012 Lupe Fiasco, but it made sense for the audience. I had a wonton soup, Sean and Harold had a couple Tsingtaos, then Sean bounced to get ready for his talk with Andrew Lipstein (<em>Something Rotten<\/em>), Phil Klay (<em>Redeployment<\/em>), and Daniel Lefferts (<em>Ways and Means<\/em>). The panel was called \u201cThe Trouble with Men.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">After a circuitous 30-minute conversation in which Lipstein and Klay agreed it was hard to single out any specific \u201cmale traits,\u201d Lipstein read an audience question: \u201cDo you think men are underrepresented in literature today?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Klay said he didn\u2019t and went on a diatribe about how much he disliked Cormac McCarthy, the author of two plays, three short stories, five screenplays, and twelve novels, including <em>No Country For Old Men<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Sean side-eye\u2019d him and said, \u201cI think Cormac\u2019s a pretty good writer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cI do think men are underrepresented,\u201d he added. \u201cI think most men don\u2019t read, and for those men that do read, there are not many male writers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-12\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App 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800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995730-sean1.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995730-sean1.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995730-sean1.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A3017&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN metaContainerWrap___AuTpG credits___pxd4E\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">It was the most Sean-ass response on a panel where no one wanted to acknowledge the existence of stereotypical \u2014 or at least classical \u2014 \u201cmale traits\u201d because doing so would derail their own virtue-signaling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">As an author who also writes for a non-book-buying audience, I understood what Sean\u00a0 was trying to say: We\u2019re all writing for the youths at Derek Zoolander\u2019s School for Kids Who Don\u2019t Read Good.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Sean\u2019s strength comes from living his truth on the ground level, then translating it into bro-speak and working-class narratives. When Sean wades into socially polite waters like the 92nd Street Y, he struggles to code switch. His words become a discombobulated gumbo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">At his core, Sean is a genuine alien. He cares about explaining the truth of his experience so much that it blinds him to the fact that some people don\u2019t want to understand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-13\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Lefferts offered a kind of middle ground. \u201cI don\u2019t think men are underrepresented,\u201d he said, \u201cbut one type of man has taken the spotlight: the paralytically self-conscious man. Sometimes, I just prefer an asshole.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">**<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">A few weeks after the panel, Natashia and I showed up at Hudson Bar and Books to celebrate Sean\u2019s birthday. I thought it was funny that he\u2019d gone for a literary theme, but when I arrived and saw people smoking inside, I realized that maybe he just wanted to rip cigs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Harold and Sean were drinking beers and talking about writing. I ordered the \u201cBar and Books Pizza,\u201d which was about as satisfying as a frozen Totino\u2019s thin crust.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Around the time the pizza arrived, the conversation turned to Sean\u2019s career. Natashia and I smiled politely, Harold quietly sipped, and Sean went into his usual routine complaining about the industry. Everything he said seemed to mirror Gian\u2019s quote about the difference between water and publishing, which wasn\u2019t wrong, but it was a little sad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">As a recent exoneree from literary jail who\u2019d benefitted greatly from Sean\u2019s help, I just wanted him to be OK. I worried that his exile to the woods had focused his attention even further on Sean the writer, to the detriment of Sean the person. And I really wanted my friend back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-14\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentImage___ZtTiP image___Zd0tF extended___kLMaF story___Joh3V\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" class=\"responsiveImageWrapper___WSCZH\">\n<div class=\"responsiveImage___eTIU7 container___EL4Fu withCredits\" data-cy=\"responsiveImage\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___bGRjz\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.2 400w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.4 800w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.6 1200w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000&amp;dpr=0.8 1600w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780995525-sean9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2000%3A1326&amp;w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN metaContainerWrap___AuTpG credits___pxd4E\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Highsnobiety \/ Azra Schorr<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">That\u2019s when a harrowing thought started to percolate in my mind: Were we even friends? Were we just using each other as sounding boards and confidants while we struggled? Were we playing ball, eating sukiyaki, and shvitzing as homies, or as two writers talking past each other who\u2019d rather be doing something else? I\u2019d rather be a friend than a co-worker, but I wasn\u2019t so sure about Sean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">A few minutes later, Sean asked me a question. \u201cHow many copies of <em>Fresh Off the Boat<\/em> did you sell?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I smiled, trying to avoid the question, knowing it was a big number, but he just stared at me waiting for the answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I love Sean, and I want to take my walls down when we hang, but he makes it really fucking hard sometimes. Like, bro, the book spawned a historic six-season sitcom that got Asians on television. The number will sound vulgar in this setting, but if you want me to kick you in the dick, I will. So I told him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-15\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cDamn,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">There was a pause. I picked at the pizza. Then, he came for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cYour shit is cool,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s cool, but I\u2019m writing about people in literature that people know and care about. It\u2019s not the same thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I didn\u2019t respond. I know I write mostly about my family and friends. I\u2019ve always recognized that Sean is part of a literary scene full of micro-famous people that I understand but am not a part of. But I, like Groucho Marx, refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">A few minutes later, I got the check and split it with Harold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cYo, you don\u2019t have to get it bro. You barely had anything to drink,\u201d Sean said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I gave him a hug.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">\u201cIt\u2019s your birthday. I love you, bro,\u201d I said. 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