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the early 1960s than towards the triumphalist rhetoric of the American Dream that still measures itself against the dollar, and deigns to distributes democratic lifestyles to other parts of the world." -Scroll.In https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1475284083349-9308T48SM1SDB0NF58HM/image-asset.png Reviews "Laymon approached How to Slowly Kill as an album, with each essay a different track. The book contains odes to black American heroes, dirges and ballads to family members past and present, and the occasional skit. At its core beats the rat-a-tat-tat that knocks at the core of modern America: the shameful, insidious racism endured by the hyphenated African-American population. Occasionally, from the treatment of Rosa Parks to the killing of Trayvon Martin, the banging becomes so loud it drowns out all else." -Independent https://www.kieselaymon.com/about daily 1.0 2024-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1615909025367-614TYPWBH4XQ5XIALRLI/Kiese+Laymon+2021.jpg About https://www.kieselaymon.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-10-17 https://www.kieselaymon.com/books-1 daily 0.75 2018-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1744827894705-6VKPZEASWMU0V99GI4D5/image-asset.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1532868208675-BVEPZME17O2ELU321Y34/Screen+Shot+2018-07-29+at+8.43.09+AM.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1619986503869-KOMEG033IZHOC3YL3X3E/LD+2021+cover.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1602435704121-DKBF3CQYC69JVZD0FYG0/Screen+Shot+2017-06-15+at+5.51.54+PM.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1720652742232-9IJJM1OSQY08SMF510AN/image-asset.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1720652760616-DHDDNU9QMH13CBS8S9YK/image-asset.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1720652724370-RN8T1DG2RYT9MI86DNT5/image-asset.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1720652705677-4D1D13VUDTVHU2VSC9XD/image-asset.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1635989228146-D8HI6HX8H0JSPC881WKP/image-asset.jpeg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1664234878435-UUHZH2R8XF58ABBPY739/image-asset.jpeg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1635989847150-356MI4R1C0AKNGB3CXL4/image.jpg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1619986447413-PTGJWPZA2XTCIZ7D6A1J/you+are+your+best+thing.jpeg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1619986454791-MHZNLCR5C55MSYS1FU18/400+souls.jpeg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1619986459472-UJE5MQEW12I09E8O1RTN/black+futures.jpeg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1625179516707-7EK0RC6FELW9H6UJDBXJ/image-asset.jpeg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1602435744808-991F5MTTJD36X66LGCMU/image-asset.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1497563593619-N7P789N44KVT9MM32BSH/the-fire-this-time-9781501126345_hr.jpg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1497573291447-GLDQW7IK11FISL53NCI2/scratch-9781501134579_hr.jpg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1497575011318-Y4D8K0H4D2W3Q6BKH1K4/Screen+Shot+2017-06-15+at+9.02.31+PM.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1497573546295-94E4O09RFXW2GZEP31LD/1e05225eed30502e1f4540fba2cfd9c6_XL.jpg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1504065512066-O2SIYDR6G0D7JJGIP1E9/Screen+Shot+2017-08-29+at+11.58.05+PM.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1497573438201-6W1O60Z7R0K7YHN2D4EZ/49_front_cover_WEB_sticker.jpg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1503974501958-3E10W4NZXTP9UBIFKETU/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+10.40.13+PM.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1503974611476-HZP62CST1UHMM8N0JPQ5/Screen+Shot+2017-08-28+at+10.37.43+PM.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1497574779672-HYQ8426FL0X0TZLFOLJW/61aqyOjw9UL.jpg Books https://www.kieselaymon.com/how-to-slowly-kill-yourself-and-others-in-america daily 0.75 2021-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1602435866687-NEM5J88NIKOM8RT9TA9J/HOW+TO+SLOWLY+3+LR.jpg How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America Author and essayist Kiese Laymon is one of the most unique, stirring, and powerful new voices in American writing. How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is a collection of his essays, touching on subjects ranging from family, race, violence, and celebrity to music, writing, and coming of age in Mississippi. In this collection, Laymon deals in depth with his own personal story, which is filled with trials and reflections that illuminate under-appreciated aspects of contemporary American life. Laymon's writing is steeped in controversial issues both private and public. This collection introduces Laymon as a writer who balances volatile concepts on a razor's edge and chops up much-discussed and often-misunderstood topics with his scathing humor and fresh, unexpected takes on the ongoing absurdities, frivolities, and calamities of American life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1602436412974-SUNZXUKAT6B45MN3EG5V/kizzy+logo+copy.png How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1602436889442-KKYJS0ZRZTZ628RV5H89/uncle+bobbies.png How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1602464810023-6K9XY86RG55ARCUTHEAS/fulton+st+copy.png How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1620072871227-N00PJOU0X5JQY7HTR56I/square+books+logo+copy.png How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1620072874946-P70PTWCP9B0Q45ZXQ6HP/charisLogo+copy.png How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America https://www.kieselaymon.com/thank-you daily 0.75 2022-09-12 https://www.kieselaymon.com/heavy daily 0.75 2022-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1532868559806-7CTT3H0Y4M2F6R8IAH7M/Screen+Shot+2018-07-29+at+8.43.09+AM.png Heavy In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to his trek to New York as a young college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling. By attempting to name secrets and lies he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding, Laymon asks himself, his mother, his nation, and us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to responsibly love, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free. A personal narrative that illuminates national failures, Heavy is defiant yet vulnerable, an insightful, often comical exploration of weight, identity, art, friendship, and family that begins with a confusing childhood—and continues through twenty-five years of haunting implosions and long reverberations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1602465084008-WGV68ROD6U68PRG4NGU4/kizzy+logo+copy.png Heavy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1602465119489-S0PT03TRPB6TSZ3QM3M4/uncle+bobbies.png Heavy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1602465190704-47TT6BAL3PN8RVZIETE2/fulton+st+copy.png Heavy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1620068383543-UE8GJQE4VAK0DVOBDXLQ/square+books+logo+copy.png Heavy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1620073159529-EWQDWJNKY3FWOUDJOLCU/charisLogo%2Bcopy.jpg Heavy https://www.kieselaymon.com/doctors daily 0.75 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1609302757478-HQ499ZX7WUF28IUO6G8E/Screen+Shot+2020-12-29+at+10.41.05+PM.png Doctors https://www.kieselaymon.com/long-division-2021 daily 0.75 2021-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1619986778148-80VG6UA1JNWKAA8VRK52/LD+2021+cover.png Long Division 2021 Written in a voice that’s alternately humorous, lacerating, and wise, Long Division features two interwoven stories. In the first, it’s 2013: after an on-stage meltdown during a nationally televised quiz contest, fourteen-year-old Citoyen “City” Coldson becomes an overnight YouTube celebrity. The next day, he’s sent to stay with his grandmother in the small coastal community of Melahatchie, where a young girl named Baize Shephard has recently disappeared. Before leaving, City is given a strange book without an author called Long Division. He learns that one of the book’s main characters is also named City Coldson—but Long Division is set in 1985. This 1985-version of City, along with his friend and love interest, Shalaya Crump, discovers a way to travel into the future, and steals a laptop and cellphone from an orphaned teenage rapper called...Baize Shephard. They ultimately take these items with them all the way back to 1964, to help another time-traveler they meet to protect his family from the Ku Klux Klan. City’s two stories ultimately converge in the work shed behind his grandmother’s house, where he discovers the key to Baize’s disappearance. Brilliantly “skewering the disingenuous masquerade of institutional racism” (Publishers Weekly), this dreamlike “smart, funny, and sharp” (Jesmyn Ward), novel shows the work that young Black Americans must do, while living under the shadow of a history “that they only gropingly understand and must try to fill in for themselves” (The Wall Street Journal). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1602465119489-S0PT03TRPB6TSZ3QM3M4/uncle+bobbies.png Long Division 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1602465190704-47TT6BAL3PN8RVZIETE2/fulton+st+copy.png Long Division 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1619304575680-UHXJXE3QAFKNQSIDJ8MJ/kizzy+logo.png Long Division 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1620072812345-FG8R0YQ4OCEKB6E6SPNR/square+books+logo+copy.png Long Division 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1620072817609-G5QQCW2CEM8ZPJRFP5Q5/charisLogo+copy.png Long Division 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/1623185487913-VHBS2RH6032T8PVY8B0J/Long_Division_-_Tour_Graphic_2.jpg Long Division 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kieselaymon.com/just-for-emma-dr-to-add daily 0.75 2021-09-28 https://www.kieselaymon.com/citysummercountrysummer daily 0.75 2025-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54530fbde4b0efaf8e00eb9c/7e6e2d3a-cd52-4e68-a2e0-922b93243a33/Screenshot+2025-04-16+at+2.13.08%E2%80%AFPM.png City Summer Country Summer A lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family. On the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable. Three Black boys spend one special summer exploring the Mississippi woods and woulds and coulds of sharing the kind of freeing friendship that is love. Watched over and given space to discover by Grandmama and Mama Lara, New York, Country, and little C find camaraderie in their contrasts and all the unspoken things between them while playing games of marco polo in the thick garden and sledding on cardboard by the underpass. With text brimming with love by award-winning author Kiese Laymon and deeply evocative illustrations by Alexis Franklin, City Summer, Country Summer illuminates the tenuous and tender bonds of friendship Black boys forge with one another. 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