In his new book, The Unmade Bed: The Messy Truth about Men and Women in the 21st Century, Stephen Marche explores the current state of gender relations through a personal account of his nearly 20-year marriage—with footnotes from his wife, Sarah Fulford. A novelist (The Hunger of the Wolf) and a columnist for Esquire, his articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic and The Globe and Mail.
Rachel Giese writes about politics and culture for Chatelaine, where she is editor-at-large. Her work has appeared in The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, Real Life and NewYorker.com. Her book about modern boyhood and masculinity is coming out in early 2018.
Marche and Giese were panellists together on CBC Radio’s arts and culture show, q. They both live in Toronto, where this conversation took place.
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Rachel Giese is the author of Boys: What It Means to Become a Man. Her award-winning writing has appeared in The Walrus, Chatelaine, Today’s Parent, the Globe and Mail, and NewYorker.com.
Stephen Marche is an essayist and a novelist. He wrote The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future and On Writing and Failure, among other books.
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