![]() ![]() His stories appeared in The New Yorker, Gay Mag and many other places. SIMON: Brandon Taylor's highly acclaimed debut novel "Real Life" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. ![]() Good, because I don't have a great immune system, and, like, it's socially irresponsible to come out if you're not feeling well. I don't think it's contagious, Lionel said. You're not contagious, are you, someone asked. ![]() Honestly, I think telling someone where to start with an author is kind of a slippery slope to fascism. Where should I start? Sure, but one person can't do anything against the vast political machine of American empire. Skip a latte and make a damn donation, right? OK, but, like, I've tried. Like, we're this close to being totally defunded. People only think they like Tolstoy better, but he's basically J.K. Brandon Taylor's book "Filthy Animals" is a collection of stories - some interconnect, some just bounce off each other - most of which are set in a Midwestern university town in which Lionel, a Black, queer grad student trying to build back from a suicide attempt, goes to a party and encounters a couple who may change his life or may just put him into a new tailspin.īRANDON TAYLOR: (Reading) The couple were leaning forward now, each of them having a different conversation with the androgynous person, talking over each other in a hash of references to Dostoyevsky and Planned Parenthood. ![]()
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