bro, where's my marriage plot - by Brandon

the marriage plot, etc.

First of all, preorder my novel The Late Americans. It comes out May 23 in the US and in June in the UK. Hello friends— It rained on Monday, so I didn’t have my tennis lesson in the morning. I forgot to schedule office hours for the afternoon, so I had a morning to myself on a Monday that did not mean that I had to run to a train at 8am or pummel my thighs or stretch my arms before tennis. I had a real moment to think about my life. I looked out the window and against the fog and the low gray sky, there was steam issuing from the top of a building. Distantly and below, something clanging…

saved by

• Alicia Guo
• Jack Li
• Ellen Yang
• Derek Yen
• Arielle Lok
• Liam Hinzman
• Jodi Sy
• Tiffany Yong

related reading

• the virtues of the boring draft - by Brandon Taylorblgtylr.substack.com
• The Load-Bearing Relationshippalladiummag.com
• Student of Desirethepointmag.com
• Why We Need to Talk About Marriage | The New Yorkernewyorker.com
• the life you were meant to livepersonalcanon.com
• What is partnership for?avabear.xyz
• Against witchcraftariababu.co.uk
• The 25 Most Interesting Ideas I've Found in 2025 (So Far)derekthompson.org
• I Would Rather Have Married Youngaddydavies.substack.com
• Loverboi (@loverboiWrites) on Xx.com
• Editors don't want male novelistswoman-of-letters.com
• Should you marry her? - by Ajeya Cotra - Good Bonesacotra.substack.com