Brandon Taylor on Langston Hughes
Booker Prize-shortlisted Brandon Taylor travels uptown through a racially charged Manhattan to Harlem, where Langston Hughes is buried in a library literally underneath his words.
Five writers go on five reflective, restorative and often playful journeys in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.
Today, Brandon Taylor travels uptown through a racially-charged Manhattan to Harlem, where Langston Hughes is buried in a library - literally underneath his prophetic words.
Taylor is a New York-based novelist, essayist and short story writer originally from Alabama. His novel Real Life was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and his latest The Late Americans will be published in June 2023.
Producer: Ciaran Bermingham
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