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Brandon Taylor on art, loving across class and why he writes sex scenes

It's Been a Minute

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The Importance of Personal History in Art

The first character we meet in the book is a white poetry MFA student who's on the combative side. Through this character, it feels like there's a commentary that exploration of personal history should not be the aim of art. "I do think that there is a way of reading and engaging with art that privileges, quote unquote, rawness," she says.

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