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Kiese Laymon

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

A New York Times Notable Book
A revised collection with thirteen essays, including six new to this edition and seven from the original edition, by the “star in the American literary firmament, with a voice that is courageous, honest, loving, and singularly beautiful” (NPR).
Brilliant and uncompromising, piercing and funny, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is essential reading. This newedition of award-winning author Kiese Laymon’s first work of nonfiction looks inward, drawing heavily on the author and his family’s experiences, while simultaneously examining the world—Mississippi, the South, the United States—that has shaped their lives. With subjects that range from an interview with his mother to reflections on Ole Miss football, Outkast, and the labor of Black women, these thirteen insightful essays highlight Laymon’s profound love of language and his artful rendering of experience, trumpeting why he is “simply one of the most talented writers in America” (New York magazine).
181 printed pages
Original publication
2020
Publication year
2020
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Quotes

  • Анастасия Карповскаяhas quoted3 years ago
    The virus will not have a chance against us,” Donald Trump says later that afternoon.
  • Анастасия Карповскаяhas quoted3 years ago
    Governor Tate Reeves decides that the one abortion clinic in Mississippi is not an essential business that should remain open, but gun stores are.
  • Анастасия Карповскаяhas quoted3 years ago
    Like most Mississippians, I am an addict. Like most Americans, I am a coward.
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