Taking place over the course of a single weekend, Real Life concerns an introverted young graduate student, Wallace, who is working toward a biochemistry degree. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Before Brandon Taylor became a writer, he was a biochemistry researcher, breeding microscopic worms in a lab. Taylor wrote the novel in an incredible five weeks () during his own science doctoral program before switching tracks to pursue an MFA. This is a person that is risking everything to bring forward credible real evidence. This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Brandon Taylor, whose debut novel, Real Life, is out today from Riverhead Books. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. I n Brandon Taylor’s debut Real Life, Wallace, a black, queer Alabama-born doctoral student contends with the virtual all-whiteness of a Midwestern campusand how it infects his personal and private life. He holds graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Iowa. Debut novelist Brandon Taylor’s satirical, psychologically rich campus drama Real Life asks whether we can build relationships and find family even as we nav. His writing has received fellowships from Lambda Literary Foundation, Kimbilio Fiction, and the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop. Wallaces existence seems suspended in a constant state of uncertaintyromantically, personally, and professionally.
NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. Brandon Taylor is the senior editor of Electric Literatures Recommended Reading and a staff writer at Literary Hub. Brandon Taylors debut novel, Real Life, is an entrancing and exacting story centered on a Black biochemistry grad student at a predominantly white school in the Midwest.
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