What Brandon Taylor thinks about America
American novelist and critic, author of Real Life, The Late Americans and Minor Black Figures; writes the newsletter sweater weather on literature and culture.
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2 dated positions, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Brandon Taylor has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAmerican tennis coaches do not want to get fired. They want you to continue to pay them.
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Their wordsAmericans are mean, but fragile. Bullies, but babies. They are right, always, but also skeptical of every one else.