Writing Back to History: A Conversation with Kiese Laymon
Kiese Laymon discusses his new memoir, HEAVY.
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Posts Tagged: Long Division
Reading Others in America
When it comes to our literary dialogue, Kiese Laymon stands unaffected: The problem with our national lit isn’t just that it’s often written from the same voice; it’s written often to the same listeners. But if you changed the listeners, you change the art. Literally. The conversation goes on at Vol.1 Brooklyn; Laymon touches on […]
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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon
Stacie Williams reviews Kiese Laymon’s HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA today in The Rumpus Book Review.
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Giddy-up, you hateful stallion! It’s time for another Weekend Rumpus Roundup. In the Saturday interview, Kiese Laymon takes some time with the Rumpus to discuss his latest book, Long Division, and explores in greater length the literary influences that have contributed to the development of his own Afrofuturist style. Irish poet Seamus Heaney—who unfortunately passed […]
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Kiese Laymon
Kiese Laymon first caught my eye when his essay, “You Are the Second Person,” was published in Guernica Magazine from his collection, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America.
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Kiese Laymon is a first-time author with two new books out. We have linked to essays by him in the recent past. Both of these essays (“You are the Second Person” and “The Worst of White Folks”) are included in his new book, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, published last week. […]
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