Brandon Taylor

Published: July 23, 2023, 8 p.m.

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In 2020,\\xa0Brandon Taylor\\xa0burst onto the literary scene with\\xa0Real Life,\\xa0a novel about a gay black doctoral student and his predominantly white colleagues.\\xa0 A finalist for the Booker Prize, Real Life offered a comedic take on themes like privilege and prejudice. Taylor followed that with another book about young creatives, the short story collection Filthy Animals. His highly anticipated new novel,\\xa0The Late Americans, follows a circle of lovers and friends during a volatile year of self-discovery. On June 2, 2023, Brandon Taylor came to the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco for an on-stage conversation with Kate Schatz. Schatz\\xa0is the bestselling author of the \\u201cRad Women\\u201d book series, and\\xa0Do the Work! An Antiracist Activity Book, co-written with W. Kamau Bell.\\xa0

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