5/11/2023 0 Comments Brandon taylor novelTaylor followed that success with Filthy Animals, which was also largely set in Madison and won the 2022 Story Prize for the year’s best collection of short stories. The novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and musician Kid Cudi purchased the rights to develop it into a film. His story of a gay Black chemist navigating a mostly white Midwestern university not only mirrored Taylor’s life but changed it. The scientist turned novelist’s acclaimed debut, Real Life, was inspired by his time in Madison, Wisconsin, where he was a doctoral student in biochemistry when he wrote the manuscript. PHOTO: COURTESY BRANDON TAYLOR Acclaimed author Brandon Taylor returns with The Late Americans, a novel that follows a group of friends in Iowa City on a journey of self-discovery.ī randon Taylor (19MFA) is fascinated by college towns.
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