What Brandon Taylor thinks about religion

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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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14 Jan 2026

Our readingA person's death, more than their life, is what turns them into a viral, revered symbol.

Their wordsDying is the ultimate form of virality. The ultimate anointing in the religion of attention.

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