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Brandon Taylor's novel 'The Late Americans' takes on art, class and sex : It's Been a Minute This week, host Brittany Luse chats with author and culture critic Brandon Taylor about his latest novel, The Late Americans. The book is set in Iowa City and follows several characters pursuing love, art and the promise of prosperity. They discuss what's so American about The Late Americans, and how it's a departure from what's currently seen as fashionable in fiction.

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

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

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Brandon Taylor and his book, The Late Americans
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Haolun Xu
Brandon Taylor and his book, The Late Americans
Haolun Xu

This week, host Brittany Luse chats with author and culture critic Brandon Taylor about his latest novel, The Late Americans. The book is set in Iowa City and follows several characters pursuing love, art and the promise of prosperity. They discuss what's so American about The Late Americans, and how it's a departure from what's currently seen as fashionable in fiction.

You can follow us on Twitter @ItsBeenAMin or email us at ibam@npr.org.

This episode was produced by Liam McBain and Alexis Williams. It was edited by Jessica Placzek. Engineering support came from Patrick Murray. We had fact checking help from Nicolette Khan. Our executive producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni and our senior VP of programming is Anya Grundmann.