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Kiese Laymon

Kiese Laymon is a Black Southern writer from Jackson, Mississippi. He is the author of the novel Long Division, the essay collection How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, and the award winning Heavy: An American Memoir. Laymon, named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow in 2022, is the Moody Professor of English and Creative Writing at Rice University. Visit him online at KieseLaymon.com.
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