Why Writer Brandon Taylor Likes Being “A Little Bit Lonely”

Death, Sex & Money

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4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The author talks about arguing in high school English classes, learning to manage money, and his evolving relationship with the Internet.

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0:00.0	Does it feel easy and comfortable to say like,
0:03.0	I'm happy I like living alone?
0:05.0	So the thing about that is,
0:07.0	I say that to people and they think it's like,
0:09.0	oh, this person is like actually deeply lonely
0:12.0	and like, he's just saying this as a cover.
0:14.0	Like, they don't believe me.
0:19.0	This is Death, Sex, and Money.
0:24.0	The show from WNYC,
0:26.0	about the things we think about a lot.
0:30.0	And need to talk about more.
0:32.0	I'm Anna Sao.
0:39.0	Brandon Taylor is the author of Two Novels
0:42.0	and a collection of short stories.
0:44.0	And he's a voracious reader.
0:46.0	And as you know, if you're still on Twitter,
0:48.0	he has opinions.
0:50.0	Sometimes people ask me, what are you reading?
0:53.0	And I'll have to make this choice of like,
0:56.0	do I say nothing or do I tell them
0:58.0	that I'm rereading Anna Karenina
1:00.0	and loving it so much that I physically can't breathe sometimes?
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