a ▁hum ane ▁and ▁sem inal ▁account ing ▁of ▁our ▁country , ▁not ▁unlike ▁Stud s ▁Ter kel ' s ▁Working ." ▁ ▁Document aries ▁and ▁television ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁Taylor ▁began ▁writing ▁for ▁television ▁and ▁document ary ▁films . ▁After ▁writing ▁for ▁television ▁series ▁including ▁Great ▁Cast les ▁of ▁Europe ▁and ▁the ▁F . B . I . ▁Files , ▁he ▁vent ured ▁into ▁long - form ▁document ary , ▁serving ▁as ▁a ▁cre ative ▁consult ant ▁with ▁Spark ▁Media ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁P BS ▁document ary , ▁Part ners ▁of ▁the ▁Heart , ▁about ▁rac ism ▁and ▁a ▁pione ering ▁partners hip ▁in ▁medicine . ▁ ▁Taylor ▁was ▁the ▁lead ▁writer ▁and ▁co - produ cer ▁on ▁the ▁document ary ▁film ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁book , ▁Soul ▁of ▁a ▁People : ▁Writing ▁America ’ s ▁Story , ▁which ▁was ▁broadcast ▁on ▁Smith son ian ▁Channel ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁Direct ed ▁by ▁Andrea ▁Kal in ▁and ▁produced ▁by ▁Spark ▁Media , ▁the ▁film ▁gar ner ed ▁a ▁W riter ’ s ▁Gu ild ▁of ▁America ▁nom ination ▁for ▁best ▁document ary ▁( non - current ▁affairs ), ▁and ▁received ▁a ▁C ine ▁Best ▁of ▁DC ▁award . ▁ ▁Taylor ▁writes ▁articles ▁for ▁Smith son ian ▁magazine ▁and ▁teach es ▁in ▁the ▁Science ▁Writing ▁certificate ▁program ▁at ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁University . ▁ ▁Short ▁fiction ▁ ▁Taylor ' s ▁short ▁story ▁collection , ▁Success : ▁St