Brandon Taylor on Langston Hughes

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 fiction writer and essayist originally from Alabama. His novels include the Booker-shortlisted Real Life and The Late Americans, and he has also published a widely-praised short story collection, Filthy Animals.Producer: Ciaran Bermingham