Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders
From #BookTok to Goodreads, Novelist Brandon Taylor on Why Literary Criticism Is Broken
Aug 29, 2023
Author Brandon Taylor discusses his latest novel 'The Late Americans' which follows a group in Iowa City navigating art, love, sex, and graduate school. They also explore the changing discourse around books and the expectations placed on authors in the digital age.
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- Social media has changed the expectations of readers and critics, leading to a different discourse around books.
- Brandon Taylor finds inspiration in the messy and intense world of graduate school, and believes it is underrepresented in literature.
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The Intuit Book Club and Discourse Around Books
The podcast episode starts by introducing the Intuit Book Club, where the host, Sam Sanders, discusses Brandon Taylor's latest book, The Late Americans. It mentions the impact of social media on the discourse around books and how readers and critics now have different expectations from writers. It also highlights the case of Elizabeth Gilbert canceling the release of her book due to negative reviews on Goodreads before it was even published. The episode aims to explore the changing dynamics of book discourse and how it affects authors and readers.
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