Tag Archives: Brandon Taylor

Real Life and Real Artwork

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Dan Ennis

As we read Brandon Taylor’s “Real Life” and explored the complexities and challenges that Wallace endures, we were inspired to create. Below you will find a culmination of the most important moments from the text in a visual format that … Continue reading →

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Want Real Curriculum? Brandon Taylor Dramatizes Untold Stories

Posted on May 24, 2021 by msantopietro

The systems in America were built to help Straight White Men succeed. Politics, economics, judiciary, education, all these branches of the United States were designed without the well-being of minorities in mind, and while much has been done to try and create equality, we … Continue reading →

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Eyes All Around: Perspectives in and about Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Posted on March 3, 2021 by 21slc

In Real Life, a coming-of-age novel by Brandon Taylor, readers are presented with the character of Wallace, a graduate student studying Biochemistry and faring the obstacles of his and his friends’ approaching adulthood. In traditional bildungsroman form, Wallace undergoes a series of events throughout the course of a weekend that leaves him searching … Continue reading →

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Relationships in Real Life by Brandon Taylor: Wallace’s Pursuit of Happiness

Posted on March 2, 2021 by normanslate

We used the song “Pursuit of Happiness” by Kid Cudi for two reasons.  The first reason being Kid Cudi’s close relation to the novel. Kid Cudi will be assuming the lead role of Wallace in a television adaptation of the novel. The … Continue reading →

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Real Life and Emotional Alienation

Posted on February 17, 2021 by normanslate

Throughout the new novel, Real Life, by Brandon Taylor, the main character, Wallace, fails to foster a single healthy relationship due to his inability to access his emotions and tendency to utilize his scientific nature, which leaves him observing others rather than socializing with them. One … Continue reading →

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Keeping it Real

Posted on February 16, 2021 by daviswarren2

Brandon Taylor’s Real Life tells the story of Wallace, a young, gay, black student studying in the rural Midwest. Despite his best efforts to distance himself and keep his personal life hidden, Wallace faces racism, drama and toxicity in the workspace. This coming-of-age novel illustrates Wallace’s fight with society’s standards, along with his internal fight as a young man who … Continue reading →

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